[3][4] As a journalist, she was one of the first theatre reviewers for Time Out magazine, and later wrote regularly for publications including the New Statesman, The Guardian and The Independent.

[3] After attending Roedean School, Khan studied for an English degree at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

[3] Her report The Arts Britain Ignores, published in 1976 (jointly supported by the Community Relations Commission, Arts Council of Great Britain and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), focused on the cultural contributions made ethnic minorities communities while raising questions about the institutional support such work was given.

[4] Her founding that year of the Minority Arts Advisory Service (MAAS) was followed by a body of work in diversity policy for organisations including the Council of Europe, UNESCO, Museums and Galleries Commission, Gulbenkian Foundation, Asia-Europe Foundation and the Arts Councils of England, Scotland and Wales.

[1] In 2000, Khan co-edited with Ferdinand Dennis the anthology Voices of the Crossing: The Impact of Britain on Writers from Asia, the Caribbean and Africa.