 After earning a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sheffield and a Master of Science in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics, Khan went on to work as a campaigner for numerous British charities and human rights groups including INQUEST and War on Want.In 2013, she launched a Kickstarter project to create a food and travel book that would share recipes and stories from Iran, the country of her mother's birth.This project eventually became Khan's debut book, "The Saffron Tales