Jemima Khan

Editor + Khan + Writer

Female

Born Jan 30, 1974

Age 39

Hometown London

Religion Islam

Nationality Pakistan

Alma Mater Universitas Londi...

Other Names Jemima Marcelle G...

Jemima Marcelle Khan is a British writer and campaigner. She is the Associate Editor of the New Statesman and European editor-at-large for Vanity Fair. She continues to work as a charity fundraiser, human rights campaigner and contributing writer for… Read More

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Celebrities leaving Lou Lou's in Mayfair

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Feb 12, 2013

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The Paddy Power and Total Politics Political Book Awards 2013 held at the BFI Imax - Inside

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Feb 6, 2013

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Alfre Woodard

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Nov 15, 2012

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The GREAT Initiative party held at the Corinthia Hotel - Arrivals

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Nov 6, 2012

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Romance

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Guy Ritchie
Dated 2008
Hugh Grant
Dated 2004 - 2007
Imran Khan
Married 1995 - 2004

Family

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Jemima Khan

Age 39

parents

James Goldsmith
Father, d.1997
Lady Annabel Goldsmith
Mother

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Fiyaz Mughal: The Rising Scourge Of Anti Muslim Hatred
Huffington Post - Mar 12, 2013

A five-year old girl sent flying from the bonnet of a car, left unconscious in the road by a hit-and-run driver. A pregnant woman watching her husband being beaten up by her neighbour's boyfriend, their children terrorised by constant abuse. A family forced from their home in Nottinghamshire, leaving behind graffiti and a ham-wrapped cross on their doorstep. Or a young woman who had faeces thrust onto her hijab in a south London street. All these and more are just some of the 632...
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Muslim Helpline Reveals Majority Of Faith Attacks On Women
Guardian (UK) - Mar 09, 2013

Tell MAMA, for victims of Islamophobia, logged more than 630 incidents during its first 12 months The majority of Muslims physically attacked, harassed or intimidated because of their faith are women, according to the first results from the UK's official helpline for victims of Islamophobia. More than 630 incidents were logged during the first 12 months of the helpline, launched in an attempt to quantify the scale and nature of anti-Muslim violence in Britain. Some of the most egregious ...
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Documentary: Sex, Lies And The Catholic Church, The Very Week Pope Benedict Resigns...
Huffington Post - Feb 13, 2013

Alex Gibney must be wondering what strange influence he wields from his documentary-making fingertips. The last few weeks have seen the premiere of his film 'Wikileaks: We Steal Secrets', exploring the strange world of Julian Assange and his cohorts, just as its executive producer Jemima Khan expresses her frustrations with the subject of the film she helped fund. Alex Gibney's film asks questions of the highest echelons of the Catholic Chu...
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Ex Backer Denounces "Cultish Devotion" To Wiki Leaks Founder
Reuters.com - Feb 06, 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - Jemima Khan, a celebrity backer of Julian Assange who put up bail money for him, has gone public with her frustrations about the WikiLeaks founder, saying he demands "blinkered, cultish devotion" and should face justice in Sweden.
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1974 Birth Born on January 30, 1974.

1978 4 Years Old Born in The London's Westminster Hospital as Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith, Khan is the eldest child of Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart and Anglo-French financier Sir James Goldsmith. Her parents had a polyamorous relationship where they were married to different partners, but in 1978, they married to legitimize their children. … Read More

TEENAGE

1993 19 Years Old Khan enrolled at the University of Bristol in 1993 and majored in English, but dropped out when she got married in 1995. … Read More

TWENTIES

1995 21 Years Old 1 More Event

… She married Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan in 1995, and later divorced in 2004. … Read More

1998 24 Years Old In 1998, Khan launched an eponymous fashion label that employed poor Pakistani women to embroider western clothes with eastern handiwork to be sold in London and New York. … Read More

1999 25 Years Old In 1999, Khan was charged in Pakistan with illegally exporting Islamic era antique tiles. She claimed that the charge was a fabrication to harass and damage her husband, but nevertheless, left Pakistan to stay with her mother for fear of incarceration. After General Pervez Musharraf overthrew elected Prime Minister Navaz Sharif in a coup d'état, in 2000, the Ministry of Culture and Archaeology verified the tiles were not antiques, and the Pakistani court dropped the charges, allowing her to return to Lahore.

2001 27 Years Old 1 More Event

She ran the organization until December 2001, when she shut down the business due to the economic situation following the September 11 attacks, and so she could focus on fundraising and on supporting her husband in Pakistani politics. … Read More

THIRTIES

2004 30 Years Old 1 More Event

However, on 22 June 2004, Imran announced they have divorced; he stated that "my political life made it difficult for her to adapt to life in Pakistan" and "This was a mutual decision and is clearly very sad for both of us. … Read More

2005 31 Years Old 1 More Event

An 2005 article in Evening Standard magazine noted that "Jemima's profile" changed from "high during her first marriage" to "soaring since she became involved with Hugh Grant".

2007 33 Years Old She was a Sunday Telegraph columnist from 21 October 2007 to 27 January 2008.

2008 34 Years Old 3 More Events

Although she had written articles when she lived in Pakistan, Khan started contributing to op-eds to England's newspapers and magazines including The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard and the Observer. In 2008, she was granted an exclusive interview with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the eve of the elections, for The Independent.

2010 36 Years Old 1 More Event

With John Pilger and Ken Loach, she was among the six people in Westminster Magistrates Court willing to post bail for Julian Assange when he was arrested in London on 7 December 2010. … Read More

2011 37 Years Old 3 More Events

In 2011, Khan was appointed Vanity Fair’s new European editor-at-large. … Read More

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