Comments on: So Long, Naseem Khan OBE

By: Dot

Dot — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 22:59:55 +0000

Great lady, I miss your smile, positive energy and enthusiasm

By: Sally Pomme Clayton

Sally Pomme Clayton — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:01:39 +0000

Thank you for this wonderful post, moving and so touching. I am so grateful to Nassem. She supported the work of The Company of Storytellers (me, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton). She generously came to see us, wrote about us and storytelling, giving it value and writing some quotes that helped us so much at the start of our careers. Meeting her several times, I was totally in awe of her sharp mind, her wide perspecive, her vast references. I once went to visit her in Hampstead in the early 1980’s, drinking in her tales of travel, culture, religion, felt like a source of life. Thankyou Naseem.

By: Delia Jarrett-Macauley

Delia Jarrett-Macauley — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:34:07 +0000

Dear Naseem – a considerate colleague, wise, gentle, and a thoughtful friend: she went first in researching black arts, we stood together as consultants on diversity, she had my back when publishing only last summer. RIP.

By: Sue Fielding

Sue Fielding — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 13:17:17 +0000

This is incredibly sad. What a truly wonderful tribute to a very inspirational woman.
Thank you for this piece GA. My thoughts go to her family and everyone she had made a difference to in her life.

By: carole woddis

carole woddis — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:19:41 +0000

This is just wonderful and so moving. I knew Naseem as a theatre critic colleague. I was often in awe of her commitment to human rights, her activism, her quiet authority. A lovely, lovely human being. RIP Naseem.

By: Amritamati

Amritamati — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:52:55 +0000

To me she was Myoji, having been given this name when she took lay ordination in the Zen Buddhist tradition. She was a remarkable woman and it was a delight to have known her and enjoyed her friendship. She lived a full and rich life, helping change others lives for the better in a number of ways. She will be sorely missed by many.

By: achim

achim — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:10:58 +0000

Mrs Naseem Khan OBE (1939-2017) — R.I.P.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Kamila

Kamila — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:09:12 +0000

Oh no. I knew her well latterly as we were writing our memoirs together and we were both mixed race. Also we both shared a diagnosis of terminal cancer. I’m so sad I’ve lost a supportive friendship.

By: John Barrett

John Barrett — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 07:52:54 +0000

GA! Naseem is my hero on this day, she is a Khan a high status name around the world and is a worthy recipient of the OBE for her charity work regarding Circus & East Enders. I liked the tender photo of Naseem on her ‘daddies’ lap she was so proud just a twinkle and half smile enough said. This dynamic lady lived two lives worth of work entwined into her 78 years. The last photo of her tells us all she is happy & contented. In a way she is saying good bye I did my best. Poet John PS – the name Naseem can mean fresh air a breeze that was certainly her.