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Voice of Rebellion
- Author
- Roberta Staley
- Narrator
- Julia Farhat
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 21 January 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The first-ever biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah: refugee, pop singer, and champion of women’s rights
Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible journey, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, setting her father’s protest poem to music (and making it a #1 hit), performing that song for Michelle and Barack Obama, and, finally, being invited to host her own show in Afghanistan. The Mozhdah Show earned her the nickname “The Oprah of Afghanistan” and tackled taboo subjects like divorce and domestic violence for the first time in the country’s history. But even as her words resonated with women and families, Mozhdah received angry death threats—some of them serious—and was eventually advised to return to Canada.
Traversing Central Asia and North America, Voice of Rebellion profiles a devoted singer and activist who continues to fight for change, even from afar.
Critics Review
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“This book cries out with passion to follow your true calling despite overwhelming obstacles.”
Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay, human rights activist
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Details
- Author
- Roberta Staley
- Narrator
- Julia Farhat
- Duration
- 8 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 January 2020
- ISBN
- 9781094065380
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: historical, political and military, Political activism, Biography: arts and entertainment, Feminism and feminist theory
Synopsis
The first-ever biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah: refugee, pop singer, and champion of women’s rightsMany have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible journey, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, setting her father’s protest poem to music (and making it a #1 hit), performing that song for Michelle and Barack Obama, and, finally, being invited to host her own show in Afghanistan. The Mozhdah Show earned her the nickname “The Oprah of Afghanistan” and tackled taboo subjects like divorce and domestic violence for the first time in the country’s history. But even as her words resonated with women and families, Mozhdah received angry death threats—some of them serious—and was eventually advised to return to Canada.Traversing Central Asia and North America, Voice of Rebellion profiles a devoted singer and activist who continues to fight for change, even from afar.
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