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'''Asma Khan''' (born July 1969) is an Indian-born British [[restaurateur]] and cookbook author. She owns Darjeeling Express restaurant in London's [[Soho]] and was profiled on the sixth season of the documentary series ''[[Chef's Table]]''.

In 2019 ''[[Business Insider]]'' named Khan number 1 on their list of "100 Coolest People in Food and Drink". In 2022 the [[World Food Programme]] named her a chef advocate and in 2024 [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] named her one of the year's 100 most influential people.

== Early life and education ==
Khan was born in July 1969<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite news|title='You cannot be what you cannot see': Chef's Table star Asma Khan dishes on time-honoured Indian recipes and turning opportunity into advocacy|url=https://nationalpost.com/life/food/you-cannot-be-what-you-cannot-see-chefs-table-star-asma-khan-dishes-on-time-honoured-indian-recipes-and-turning-opportunity-into-advocacy|last=Brehault|first=Laura|date=2019-10-03|website=National Post|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref> and grew up in Calcutta.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/kolkata-born-asma-khan-is-one-of-the-upcoming-faces-on-chefs-table-season-six/|title=Kolkata-born Asma Khan Is One of the Upcoming Faces on 'Chef's Table' Season Six|last1=Tang-Evans|first1=Ming|last2=Som|first2=Rituparna|date=2018-10-18|website=Vice|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-07-18|last3=Pundir|first3=Pallavi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521182223/https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/3kmwp9/kolkata-born-asma-khan-is-one-of-the-upcoming-faces-on-chefs-table-season-six|archive-date=21 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She has an older sister<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/uk/culture/entertainment/a26439969/asma-khan-netflix-chefs-table/|title=Asma Khan is the first British chef to feature on Netflix's 'Chef's Table'|last=Theis|first=Brooke|date=2019-02-21|website=Town & Country|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> and a younger brother. Her family lamented the birth of a second daughter instead of the desired son.<ref name=":1" /> According to Khan "there is a deafening silence" in India about the disappointment a family feels at having a second daughter.<ref name=":1" /> She has said that she and her siblings were treated equally by her parents, and that she and her mother "made peace while I was still very young."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asma Khan: The Indian chef who's got the world eating out of her hand|url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/food-drink/dining/asma-khan-interview/|last=Uppal|first=Megha|date=2019-12-04|website=Lifestyle Asia India|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206055056/https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/food-drink/dining/asma-khan-interview/ |archive-date=6 February 2021 |access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref> Her father is [[Rajput]] from western Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":0" /> Her mother is from West Bengal and had a catering business in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Chef Asma Khan shares emotional lessons learned in the kitchen|url=https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2019/05/03/chef-asma-khan-shares-emotional-lessons-learned-in-the-kitchen|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026193745/https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2019/05/03/chef-asma-khan-shares-emotional-lessons-learned-in-the-kitchen |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=2021-01-21|website=[[The Splendid Table]]}}</ref> According to Khan, her father and grandfather worked to unionize laborers in India.<ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" /> Khan attended [[La Martiniere Calcutta|La Martiniere]] in Calcutta.

Khan had an [[Arranged marriage in the Indian subcontinent|arranged marriage]] and immediately afterward moved with her husband to Cambridge in 1991.<ref name=":5" /> She had never learned to cook<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/11/female-chef-left-seething-michelin-starred-rival-told-take-risk/|title=Female chef left 'seething' after Michelin-starred rival told her to 'take a risk and work in a man's kitchen'|last=Ward|first=Victoria|date=2018-08-11|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-07-19|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130141340/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/11/female-chef-left-seething-michelin-starred-rival-told-take-risk/|archive-date=30 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and missed the dishes she had grown up eating.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/chefs/asma-khan|title=Asma Khan Chef - Great British Chefs|last=greatbritishchefs|website=www.greatbritishchefs.com|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> She first started learning to cook from an aunt who lived in Cambridge.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://london.eater.com/2018/10/3/17904894/chefs-table-asma-khan-netflix-darjeeling-express-london-chef|title=Britain's First 'Chef's Table' Star Explores Identity Through Her Food|last=Masing|first=Anna Sulan|date=2018-10-03|website=Eater London|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604200928/https://london.eater.com/2018/10/3/17904894/chefs-table-asma-khan-netflix-darjeeling-express-london-chef|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> After her aunt died, Khan returned to India for a visit of a few months<ref name=":6" /> to continue lessons with her mother and the family's cook.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/travel/darjeeling-express-london-restaurant-review.html|title=In London, a Restaurant Specializes in Indian Home Cooking|last=Mah|first=Ann|date=2018-10-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512103506/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/travel/darjeeling-express-london-restaurant-review.html|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She told [[Francis Lam]] that learning to cook from her mother helped their relationship.<ref name=":9" />

In 1996 her husband moved to [[SOAS University of London]] to teach,<ref name=":2" /> and Khan started studying law at [[The Dickson Poon School of Law|King's College London]]. She graduated with a PhD in British Constitutional Law in 2012.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
In 2012,<ref name=":4" /> after obtaining her PhD, Khan started offering a series of private supper clubs in her home for a dozen people for £35 each.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/2019/3/1/18240116/chefs-table-asma-khan-season-6-episode-3|title='Chef's Table' Recap: Asma Khan Built an 'Oasis for Women' at Darjeeling Express|last=Morabito|first=Greg|date=2019-03-01|website=Eater|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526192512/https://www.eater.com/2019/3/1/18240116/chefs-table-asma-khan-season-6-episode-3|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020">{{Cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Nosheen|date=2020-09-20|title=Asma Khan: 'Restaurants should be ranked on how they treat their people'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/sep/20/asma-khan-restaurants-ranked-on-how-they-treat-people-chefs-table-netflix-darjeeling-express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920102602/https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/sep/20/asma-khan-restaurants-ranked-on-how-they-treat-people-chefs-table-netflix-darjeeling-express |archive-date=20 September 2020 |access-date=2021-01-21|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> [[Vivek Singh (chef)|Vivek Singh]] attended one and invited her to host a pop-up at his restaurant, The Cinnamon Club.<ref name=":6" /> Eventually the supper clubs grew to serving 45,<ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" /> and in 2015, after her family complained,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/the-rise-of-miss-khan/story-16PCw1MpWhBxAUlTRG5EYM.html|title=The rise of Miss Khan|date=2019-02-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612222053/https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/the-rise-of-miss-khan/story-16PCw1MpWhBxAUlTRG5EYM.html|archive-date=12 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> she moved the supper clubs to a Soho pub, [[Sun and 13 Cantons]], and started serving lunches instead.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/fay-maschler-reviews-asma-khans-darjeeling-express-10406666.html|title=Fay Maschler reviews Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express|date=2015-07-22|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203040349/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/fay-maschler-reviews-asma-khans-darjeeling-express-10406666.html|archive-date=3 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She struggled early on to lead her team of home cooks, mostly local immigrants working for the first time in a professional kitchen, but then a review by [[Fay Maschler]] helped bring in customers.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8" />

[[File:AsmaKhan-4.jpg|thumb|alt=restaurant interior|Interior of original Darjeeling Express]]

Simon Quayle, a regular customer and executive director of [[Shaftesbury plc|Shaftesbury]], offered her the opportunity to compete for a lease in [[Soho]].<ref name=":6" /> When an investor backed out, Khan's husband gave her the money she needed, although he disapproved of the business.<ref name=":0" /> Khan opened Darjeeling Express, a 56-seat location<ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" /> offering Indian Rajput and Bengali<ref name=":4" /> home cooking specialties,<ref name=":1" /> in 2017 in Soho.<ref name=":0" /> She named the restaurant after a train she rode as a child during summer holidays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/brexit-has-destroyed-us-asma-khan-darjeeling-express-london/|title=Brexit has destroyed us|date=2019-03-27|website=Condé Nast Traveller India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-19}}</ref> Her team consisted of Asian immigrant women who all had full-time jobs and were never trained professionally; they worked for Khan on their days off but were able to cut back hours at their other jobs and eventually give them up altogether.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/17/darjeeling-express-the-amateur-cooks-turned-professional-chefs|title=Darjeeling Express: the amateur cooks turned professional chefs|last=O'Neill|first=Holly|date=2017-09-17|work=The Observer|access-date=2019-07-19|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609225844/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/17/darjeeling-express-the-amateur-cooks-turned-professional-chefs|archive-date=9 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the all-female kitchen staff<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://food52.com/blog/23896-chefs-table-asma-khan-darjeeling-express-second-daughters|title=How 'Chef's Table' Star Asma Khan Is Breaking Down Barriers With Her All-Women Kitchen|date=2019-03-08|website=Food52|language=en-us|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/urban-food-awards-2019-asma-khan-a4097571.html|title=Asma Khan among women celebrated at Urban Food Awards 2019|date=2019-03-21|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> at the restaurant are second daughters.<ref name=":1" /> All are South Asian.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/food-100-coolest-people-in-food-and-drink-2019-1|title=The 100 coolest people in food and drink|last=Hosie|first=Alison Millington, Tom Murray, Rachel|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627204709/https://www.businessinsider.com/food-100-coolest-people-in-food-and-drink-2019-1|archive-date=27 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Food & Wine]]'' called Darjeeling Express a "smash hit".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/darjeeling-express-london-love-letter-second-daughters|title=London's Cult-Favorite Indian Restaurant Is a Love Letter to Second Daughters|website=Food & Wine|language=en|access-date=2019-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416142420/http://www.foodandwine.com/travel/darjeeling-express-london-love-letter-second-daughters|archive-date=16 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Khan was profiled by the BBC in a short documentary.<ref name=":6" />

[[File:Asma Khan about to open traditional Calcutta-style dum biryani.jpg|thumb|alt=Woman standing behind a very large pot, the lid of which has been sealed with dough|Khan, about to open a [[dum biryani]]]]

In 2018 her cookbook, ''Asma's Indian Kitchen,''<ref name=":0" /> was published by [[Pavilion Books]].<ref name="Khan2019">{{cite book|author=Asma Khan|title=Asma's Indian Kitchen: Home-Cooked Food Brought to You by Darjeeling Express|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_JPvQEACAAJ|year=2019|publisher=Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-62371-912-8}}</ref> [[San Francisco Chronicle|''The San Francisco Chronicle'']] called it a "stellar debut".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/recipes/article/Our-favorite-cookbooks-of-2019-so-far-14028603.php|title=Our favorite cookbooks of 2019, so far - SFChronicle.com|date=2019-06-21|website=www.sfchronicle.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622125029/https://www.sfchronicle.com/recipes/article/Our-favorite-cookbooks-of-2019-so-far-14028603.php|archive-date=22 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2018 World Gourmand award for Best Indian Cookbook.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cookbookfair.com/index.php/gourmand-awards|title=GOURMAND AWARDS|website=www.cookbookfair.com|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714040828/https://www.cookbookfair.com/index.php/gourmand-awards|archive-date=14 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Khan was approached by [[Brian McGinn]], producer of ''[[Chef's Table]]'', to be the first British chef profiled on the series.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" /> Filming started in London and India in July 2018 with [[Zia Mandviwalla]] directing.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Khan recalls Mandviwalla, who was born in Mumbai and lives in New Zealand, "did not ask me pointless questions about my husband and marriage, I did not need to explain what my mother meant to me, she got it."<ref name=":2" /> The programme first aired in February 2019. Khan is the first British chef to be featured.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/entertainment/asma-khan-chefs-table-netflix/|title=Asma Khan, a Muslim immigrant to the UK, is the first British chef on Netflix's Chef's Table|last=Barrie|first=Josh|date=2019-02-22|website=inews.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406160816/https://inews.co.uk/news/entertainment/asma-khan-chefs-table-netflix/|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The series' sixth season's theme is "the journey home".<ref name=":4" /> The season, which included Khan's episode, was nominated for an Emmy in the outstanding documentary section.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/emmys-2019-nominations-complete-list-1203268665/|title=Emmys 2019: List of Nominations|date=2019-07-16|website=Variety|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718164802/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/emmys-2019-nominations-complete-list-1203268665/|archive-date=18 July 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> According to ''[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]'' it became difficult to get a reservation at Darjeeling Express after the series aired.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus Shatters One Chef's Dream of Helping Immigrant Women|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/asma-khan-news-london-chef-closes-restaurant|last=Vines|first=Richard|date=21 March 2020|website=www.bloomberg.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322131139/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/asma-khan-news-london-chef-closes-restaurant |archive-date=22 March 2020 |access-date=2020-05-06}}</ref>

''[[Business Insider]]'' named her number 1 on their 2019 list of "100 Coolest People in Food and Drink".<ref name=":7" /> [[Danny DeVito]] offered to invest in an expansion.<ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" />

Khan closed the restaurant The Darjeeling Express in March 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in London|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vines|first=Richard|date=2020-03-21|title=Coronavirus Shatters One Chef's Dream of Helping Immigrant Women|language=en|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/asma-khan-news-london-chef-closes-restaurant|access-date=2021-01-21}}</ref> By the end of the year she had reopened in [[Covent Garden]] in a 120-seat space serving tasting menus.<ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" /><ref>{{Citation|title=The Dish: Chef Asma Khan on breaking barriers with familiar flavors|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-dish-chef-asma-khan-on-breaking-barriers-with-familiar-flavors/|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-21}}</ref> Darjeeling Express operated out of this location until March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-22 |title=Darjeeling Express is closing in Covent Garden as Asma Khan looks for a new home |url=https://www.hot-dinners.com/2022032211286/Gastroblog/Latest-news/darjeeling-express-london-closing-covent-garden-london |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Hot Dinners |language=en-gb}}</ref> Following a 6-month popup in [[Coleherne, Earl's Court|The Pembroke]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=James |date=2022-08-22 |title='Chef's Table' Star Asma Khan Will Open a Darjeeling Express Pop-Up in West London |url=https://london.eater.com/2022/8/22/23313234/darjeeling-express-restaurant-london-asma-khan-pop-up-pembroke |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Eater London |language=en}}</ref> Khan opened the doors to the latest location of Darjeeling Express in Kingly Court off [[Carnaby Street]], [[Soho]], a 96-seat space next door to her first, 2017 restaurant. Khan has also been outspoken about the importance of her presence and the restaurant's in the cultural and social landscape in Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sexism Almost Kept London's Hottest Restaurant Closed, Chef Says|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-27/darjeeling-express-asma-khan-says-she-almost-didn-t-open-because-of-sexism|access-date=2022-01-21|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=27 October 2021 }}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title=Asma Khan is decolonising the British food industry|url=https://www.areweeurope.com/stories/asma-khan|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Are We Europe|date=October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 6 March 2025, Khan released her third cookbook ''Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Asma|year=2025|title=Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season|publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK Red]] |isbn=978-0241718612|id={{ASIN|0241718619|country=uk}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=N |last2=P |last3=R |date=2025-04-17 |title=A new cookbook by Darjeeling Express chef Asma Khan was inspired by seasonal cooking |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/1245273499/nprs-book-of-the-day-asma-khan-monsoon |access-date=2025-11-14 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==
On Sundays, when Darjeeling Express is closed, Khan offers free use of the premises to women who are aspiring chefs and restaurateurs who would like to host supper clubs.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/10/4/17924886/supper-clubs-london-indian-cooking-asma-khan-immigrant-chefs|title=Why London's Immigrant Chefs Are Embracing Supper Clubs|last=Bilgrami|first=Rida|date=2018-10-04|website=Eater|access-date=2019-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004200057/https://www.eater.com/2018/10/4/17924886/supper-clubs-london-indian-cooking-asma-khan-immigrant-chefs|archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> When Khan gave up the Soho space, she arranged with her landlord to allow [[Imad Alarnab]], a Syrian refugee who had been running a pop-up restaurant, to use the space for the remainder of the lease.<ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" />

Khan's restaurants support a non-profit, Second Daughters Fund, which encourages families in India to celebrate the births of second daughters by sending packages of sweet treats to be shared with neighbours.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />

In July 2019, to mark her 50th birthday, Khan traveled to Northern Iraq to open an all-women cafe for survivors of [[ISIS]] at the [[Essyan refugee camp]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name="iqbalGUARD20sep2020" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mukherjee|first=Kamalika|title=How Chef Asma Khan Created an All-Women Kitchen|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-chef-asma-khan-created-an-all-women-kitchen|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Condé Nast Traveler|date=28 August 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
In 2022, she was appointed the Chef Advocate for the United Kingdom (a [[WFP Goodwill Ambassador]]) by the [[World Food Programme|UN World Food Programme]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=UN World Food Programme announces Asma Khan as a Chef Advocate for the United Kingdom |url=https://www.wfp.org/news/un-world-food-programme-announces-asma-khan-chef-advocate-united-kingdom |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=[[World Food Programme]] |language=en}}</ref> and an [[List of Honorary Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford|Honorary Fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asma Khan |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/queenscollegeox/status/1529837666325385219 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Asma Khan |url=https://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-asma-khan/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=The Queen's College, Oxford |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024 she was named by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] to their list of the year's 100 most influential people.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2024-04-17 |title=Asma Khan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024 |url=https://time.com/6964956/asma-khan/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref> In 2024 she received the [[:nl:Johannes_van_Damprijs|Johannes van Dam prize]] for her exceptional contribution to the sharing of knowledge of gastronomy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian-British chef Asma Khan wins Johannes van Dam Prize 2024 |url=https://www.allardpierson.nl/en/news/indian-british-chef-asma-khan-wins-johannes-van-dam-prize-2024 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Allard Pierson |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Khan is married to Mushtaq, an academic.<ref name=":0" /> According to Khan, he is not a fan of her food, preferring simple dishes and finding hers too complex.<ref name=":0" /> The couple have two sons.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

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RaushanYoganta at 13:10, 11 March 2026