Aliya Khan

Education Lead & Advisor في Emirates Literature Foundation

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Aliya is the Education Lead and Advisor at the Emirates Literature Foundation, where she leads education initiatives and oversees partnerships with schools, universities, librarians, and educators across the UAE and GCC. The Emirates Literature Foundation’s education initiatives bring literature to life for students of all ages through dynamic programmes, from much-loved student competitions to the Reading Caravan, author visits to schools and universities, student events at the Emirates LitFest such as author sessions and the Fringe Stage for young performers, celebrating creativity and fostering a lifelong love of reading, writing, and expression across the region. Aliya's experience includes work with the Sindh Education Foundation, a semi-government education foundation in Pakistan focused on educational research and development for underserved areas. She has served as a long-standing volunteer with The Citizens Foundation, one of Pakistan’s leading organisations in the field of education for the less privileged, and as a reading and library volunteer and freelance editor. She holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Karachi and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries from the London School of Economics and Political Science