Annie Ali Khan
Annie Ali Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Quratulain Ali Khan 1980 |
| Died | July 21, 2018 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation(s) | model, journalist, author |
| Known for | “The Missing Daughters of Pakistan” and Sita under the Crescent Moon |
| Spouse | Sofian (divorced) |
| Website | www |
Quratulain “Annie” Ali Khan (1980 – 21 July 2018) was a Pakistani model, free-lance journalist, and author.[2] Her book, Sita under the Crescent Moon was published Simon and Schuster in 2019.[3] Her work addressed inequality in Pakistan and the United States, and she addressed topics such as colorism, religious persecution, cultural assimilation, and violence against women.[4][5][1][6] She died on 21 July 2018 in Karachi.[2]
Career
Ali Khan graduated from Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology and worked briefly as a computer engineer.[7] She began modeling after submitting her portfolio to popular photographer Tapu Javeri. Ali Khan worked as a fashion model to several top designers and brand names, and her first break came in a commercial for Lipton Tea.[7] She also worked as a model for the television network MTV and starred in the MTV video Saali Tu Maani Nahin alongside Pakistani singer Shehzad Roy, which became viral at that time and gained positive reviews in Pakistan.[8]
Ali Khan began a career as a journalist upon moving to the United States, where she received a Master's degree in Journalism from the Columbia School of Journalism in New York in 2011.[7] She published widely in magazines including Dawn, Herald, The Express Tribune, The Asia Society, The Caravan, Tanqeed, Roads and Kingdoms, Marie Claire, and the blog “Chapati Mystery.”
After seven years in the US, Ali Khan returned to Pakistan.[1] She was praised for the brave journalism she pursued upon returning to Pakistan in 2016, where she would write about the misogyny and oppression of women in Pakistan.[9] In 2017, Herald magazine published her piece “The Missing Daughters of Pakistan,” which addressed young women murdered in Pakistani towns.[10] At the same time, she had begun a three–year project to write about women who “would never be allowed to speak, never be heard if they scream, never be seen if they obstruct, never be understood as equals, as companions, as human beings” among pilgrims in Balochistan, Lyari, and Thatta.[9] The work culminated with her book, Sita under the Crescent Moon, published by Simon and Schuster in 2019.
Personal Life and Death
Ali Khan was the daughter of a Pakistani pilot and married director Sofian Khan, with whom she lived in New York. She was found dead in her apartment in Karachi on 21 July 2018, having suffocated from smoke from a fire in the apartment.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Ali Khan, Annie (July 3, 2016). "A Pre-Dawn Daal Fry in Karachi". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ a b Ali, Imtiaz (July 21, 2018). "Former model, writer Annie Ali Khan found dead after fire at apartment". DAWN.COM. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ "Sita under the Crescent Moon". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ Ali Khan, Annie (November 1, 2012). "Fair And Lovely — annie ali khan". web.archive.org. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Ali Khan, Annie (January 4, 2016). "A Hindu Pilgrimage in Pakistan". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Ali Khan, Annie (March 31, 2016). "Rickshaw Diary". Chapati Mystery. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Manby, Christine (August 15, 2018). "Annie Ali Khan: ex-model and computer engineer who took to journalism to empower women in Pakistan". Independent. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ "Shehzad Roy Has A Heartbreaking Message At The Shocking Death Of His "Saali" Co-star Annie Ali Khan". MangoBaaz. July 23, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "In memoriam: Quratulain Ali Khan". Chapati Mystery. July 22, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ Khan, Quratulain Ali (August 31, 2016). "The missing daughters of Pakistan". Herald Magazine. Retrieved July 10, 2019.