Dinner The Women’s Gala and Conference – March 2016
January 21, 2017 Rukhsana Khan

I received an amazing request! It was a woman’s empowerment event being keynoted by none other than Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and Katie Couric along with Jean Augustine (Canada’s first black female member of parliament) and other luminaries! Would I be interested in sharing the stage with them at the star-studded Gala event? Of course! I would have a short time on stage at the Gala and an hour workshop the next day at the conference. The proceeds of the Gala were going to benefit the Because I am a Girl foundation, and I had an inkling of what I wanted…

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Presentations The Importance of Making Goofy Faces
December 13, 2016 Rukhsana Khan

One of my daughters decided to use the picture below of me, as her profile pic. She thought it was absolutely hilarious. I have to admit that it is. I have to confess that I can’t stand watching videos of myself because I do make really goofy faces while I’m telling a story. You have to. It’s just me being me. Here’s another one! LOL. Omigosh, I can’t even remember which story it’s from. Probably the Hungarian folktale: The Little Rooster. It looks like I’m doing the part about ‘Come my special stomach’ or something. Thing is, not everyone is…

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Presentations COMEL Festival – Kuala Lumpur – September 2016
October 26, 2016 Rukhsana Khan

It’s been a day and a half since I returned from Malaysia, the other side of the world, yup twelve hour time zone difference and I’m powering through the jet lag. It was a fabulous trip. My hosts were so hospitable!!! I think Malaysian people are some of the nicest in the world! I remember last time I went to Kuala Lumpur I felt that way and this time the feeling was even stronger. The lady in charge of COMEL, who put it all together is a lawyer who works for one of the largest firms in KL. Such a…

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