![]() ![]() Today, Mozhdah continues to release new music and contributes to charitable work benefiting orphans supported by the Azizi Foundation. These bold conversations led to death threats, and Mozhdah was advised to return to Canada. The Mozhdah Show focused on families, tackling taboo subjects from child labour to divorce. The attention led to a hosting gig at a TV station in Afghanistan. Afghan Girl was 2009's song of the year in Afghanistan, and in 2010 Mozhdah was invited to the White House to perform it for Michelle and Barack Obama. ![]() When Mozhdah's father wrote a protest poem inspired by an acid attack on a group of Kandahar schoolgirls, Mozhdah set it to music and turned it into a hit. ![]() How Mozhdah Jamalzadah is preparing for Canada Readsĭubbed the "Oprah of Afghanistan," Kabul-born, Vancouver-raised Mozhdah Jamalzadah came to Canada when she was just five years old.Canada Reads 2018 Day One: Watch the replay. ![]() Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, defended by Jeanne Beker, was the winner of Canada Reads 2018. 'The Boat People is a book perfect for our times, essential reading to bring context to questions which we. Mozhdah Jamalzadah defended The Boat People by Sharon Bala on Canada Reads 2018. 'Probing the dramas surrounding deportation hearings, this timely novel follows the intersection of three lives after a cargo ship arrives in Canada, carrying Tamil refugees fleeing war in Sri Lanka.' - The New Yorker. ![]()
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