Mozhdah Jamalzadah

Defended The Boat People by Sharon Bala

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Caption: Mozhdah Jamalzadah defended The Boat People by Sharon Bala. (CBC)

Mozhdah Jamalzadah defended The Boat People by Sharon Bala on Canada Reads(external link) 2018. Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, defended by Jeanne Beker, was the winner of Canada Reads(external link) 2018.
Dubbed the "Oprah of Afghanistan," Kabul-born, Vancouver-raised Mozhdah Jamalzadah came to Canada when she was just five years old. 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. 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. The attention led to a hosting gig at a TV station in Afghanistan. The Mozhdah Show focused on families, tackling taboo subjects from child labour to divorce. These bold conversations led to death threats, and Mozhdah was advised to return to Canada. Today, Mozhdah continues to release new music and contributes to charitable work benefiting orphans supported by the Azizi Foundation.

Canada Reads

Media Video | (not specified) : Watch the 2018 Canada Reads panellists & authors in conversation with Gill Deacon

Caption: The Canada Reads defenders and authors took the stage in Toronto to discuss the five books that will be championed on CBC's battle of the books from March 26-29, 2018. Here and Now's Gill Deacon hosted the event in the Glenn Gould Studio.

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Media Video | Canada Reads : Mozhdah Jamalzadah on the humanity of The Boat People

Caption: On Day One of Canada Reads, Mozhdah Jamalzadah makes her case for The Boat People by Sharon Bala.

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Media Video | Canada Reads : Canada Reads 2018: The battle of the books begins!

Caption: Let the battle of the books begin! Canada Reads is CBC's annual literary debate show.

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Media Video | (not specified) : Canada Reads: 'You never know what's going to happen'

Caption: The 2018 Canada Reads panellists share a few strategies and discuss their competition style.

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Media Video | The National : Afghanistan's Oprah

Caption: Television is a source of tension in Afghanistan, a tug-of-war between Western and conservative Afghan styles. Susan Ormiston interviews a TV host who personifies those tensions.

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Other interviews

Media Video | The National : TV Icon in Exile

Caption: Afghan-Canadian TV icon Mozhdah Jamalzadah reacts to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decision to support clerics who say women are inferior to men.

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The Canada Reads 2018 contenders

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