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 era in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s privileges. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible trip, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, placing her father’s protest poem to music (and rendering it a #1 hit), performing that song for Michelle and Barack Obama, and, finally, becoming invited to sponsor her own display in Afghanistan. The Mozhdah Show gained her the nickname “The Oprah of Afghanistan” and tackled taboo topics like divorce and domestic violence for the very first time in the country’s history. But even while her words resonated with women and households, Mozhdah received furious death threats-some of them serious-and was eventually advised to come back to Canada.

Traversing Central Asia and THE UNITED STATES, Voice of Rebellion profiles a devoted singer and activist who continues to fight for alter, even from afar.