[3] Maheen Khan was born in a family traditionally linked with clothing designing.
Her father was one of the select few to embrace textiles as a career back in the 1950s and her mother has worked extensively for local weavers in Bangladesh.
While on fellowship, she met with fashion designers; examined heritage textiles; studied folk arts promotion and related social enterprises; and visited museums and galleries featuring Central and South Asian Collections and Native American Arts.
[3] Maheen also writes a regular column on design and heritage crafts for the Amader Kotha, a women-based portal.
[1] She writes a regular column on design and heritage crafts for The Daily Star.