Rabina Khan
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Cllr Rabina Khan |
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| রবিনা খান | |
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Councillor of Shadwell ward in Tower Hamlets Borough |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammed Rashid |
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| Born |
15 September 1972 Sylhet Division, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Labour (until 2010) Independent (2010–2014) Tower Hamlets First (2014–2015) Independent (2015–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Aminur Rashid Khan (m. 1992) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, England |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist, film producer, creative consultant, playwright, community worker |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www |
Rabina Khan (Bengali: রবিনা খান; born 15 September 1972) is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, politician, councillor for Shadwell, former Cabinet Member for Housing in Tower Hamlets Council, community worker and author of Ayesha's Rainbow. In 2015, she unsuccessfully contested the Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election.
Khan's father worked as a machine operator at Chatham Dockyards in Kent, he returned to Bangladesh to get married. Khan was born in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh, and brought to England by her mother at the age of three. Khan grew up in Rochester, Kent. She is the eldest of five siblings, and has one brother and three sisters.
In 1992, at the age of 19, after completing her A-levels, Khan had an arranged marriage with trainee teacher, Aminur Rashid Khan (born 1968), and moved to Tower Hamlets, London. At around the age of 22, Khan began wearing hijab.
In 1991, Khan's first job was securing work experience placements for secondary school pupils. Khan has since worked as a community regeneration worker in the Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. She has worked for Tower Hamlets Council in the social and education sectors, and for government regeneration initiatives such as Bethnal Green City Challenge managing education and empowerment projects for women and young girls from ethnic minority communities. She has also been involved in community initiatives in Tower Hamlets.
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