03: How a 17-Year Old Child-Bride Escaped Abuse & Rose to a Best Selling Author // The Story of Samra Zafar

Samra Zafar is an award-winning international speaker, bestselling author, consultant, educator, and social entrepreneur who advocates for equity, inclusion, and human rights. Her book, A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose, became an instant bestseller and was named as a 2019 Book of the Year for Canadian Nonfiction by the CBC. It is now being published internationally and adapted to a TV series.

Samra has spoken on dozens of stages, including at TEDx, Yale University, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Art of Leadership, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, as well as for many corporations, universities, and nonprofits. In 2019, Samra was recognized as one of Canada’s “Top 100 Most Powerful Women '' and as a “Top 25 Canadian Immigrant”.

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