Throughout their stay in America, Daoud remained involved in the Afghan American community, using her spare time volunteering for her community's cause. In 1996 she co-founded the "Afghan Women Association of Southern California", and she still hosts a radio talk show on the 24-hour "Voice of Afghanistan". However, Zohra maintained a low profile about her former beauty queen status until 11 September 2001 when Daoud grew weary of the media's treatment of Afghan women as illiterate, burqa-clad victims, and felt the need to speak out.