Winner of the Noor Inayat Khan Woman of the Year Award at the British Muslim Awards 2019, Abda Khan was also named a ‘True Honour Award’ Honouree by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation in 2017, for her work including Stained, her debut novel (Harvard Square Editions). She was shortlisted for the Asian Women of Acheivement Award, 2017. Born to Pakistani immigrant parents, Abda Khan was the first child in her family to go on to higher education. Abda is a lawyer with her own practice.