Originally born as Zuhra, her mother chose the name of Hangama for her when she became a singer.
In late 1970s and Eary 1980s, she emerged with Ahmad Wali as a very popular musical duo and later became the unrivaled singer-couple in the mid-1980s.
The duo recorded their first few songs in Afghanistan with the accompanying videos becoming immensely popular, and the couple additionally sang a song for the Sarandoy gendarmerie of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan alongside other gendarmes.
After leaving Germany, she has been having lots of concerts alone and with singers like Najim Nawabi, Nasrat Parsa, Leila Forouhar, Naim Popal, Freshta Samah, Haider Salim, Walid Soroor and Waheed Soroor.
In 2005, Hangama returned to Afghanistan for a round of concerts in Mazar Sharif and Kabul.