- Mozhdah Jamalzadah
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Mozhdah Jamalzadah Birth name Mozhdah Jamalzadah Born Kabul, Afghanistan Genres Pop Occupations Singer, model, actress Years active 2007-Present Labels Blitz&Bloom Mozhdah Jamalzadah is a Canadian singer, model and actress, originating from Afghanistan. She was born in Kabul.
She currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but travels regularly to Afghanistan due to her television show.
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Career
Jamalzadah started her music talent in 2003/2004. Jamalzadah asked for help from experienced Afghan singer, Habib Qaderi, and started to have vocal lessons from Wahid Omid. She then emerged as a singer in 2007, and appeared on Canadian Idol and nervously sang "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado, but was rejected in audition stage.[1]
After her rejection on Canadian Idol, she released a single called "Dukhtar-E-Afghan", which became a hit. She then started to gain attention. Jamalzadah then modeled for many lifestyle magazines including Fashion week, Cosmopolitan and Asian Woman Magazine.
In March 2010, she was invited to the White House by President Barack Obama and the First Lady, where she performed her single, "Dukhtar-E-Afghan", as part of International Women's Day.
In December 2010, she had an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC's Good Morning America show.
Mozhdah recently signed a one year deal with Afghan 1TV television station to host her own talk show called "Mozhdah" where she will have musical guests on a regular basis. She currently resides in Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Personal life
Jamalzadah was born in the Afghan capital city, Kabul. Her father is from Herat, and her mother from the capital. At the age of 5, Jamalzadah escaped Kabul with her parents and her brothers, Nasrin and Bashir Jamalzadah.
The family made their way to Vancouver in Canada. Jamalzadah grew up in southern Vancouver and attended John Oliver Secondary School.
Jamalzadah completed a program in Broadcast journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and studied Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
Discography
- "Act One", Jamalzadah's first album, was released in 2009, containing about 15 Afghan songs with many composed by herself. It also had many English songs of her own version.
Since 2010, she has been releasing more singles sung in English; her own version of various singles, including: "Truth Or Dare", "My Love", "Run Away", "Fallin'" and "Better With You".
Awards
- 2008 Noor TV[disambiguation needed
] Awards − Best New Female Artist - 2008 ATN 3rd annual awards − nominated for "Best New Female Artist"
- 2009 ATN 4th annual awards − awarded Best Light Song of the Year, and three other nominations.
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Categories:- Living people
- 1985 births
- Canadian people of Afghan descent
- Canadian female singers
- Tajik singers
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