Rower, reader and writer.

Baraka shone from the moment I met her in the South Hampstead classroom. She threw herself into the delights of the GCSE English language and literature course with such energy and talent. Every essay from her was a gift. I will not forget her: her grace, her...

It was a great honour to be invited to the second Memorial of your beloved daughter, Baraka. Her goodness and kindness shone through at the event on Sunday, and in all the wonderful contributions of family, her school and university friends, and her study...

Dear Beautiful Family and Friends of Baraka Khan, Today’s memorial was almost like an encounter with Baraka. Hearing from her family and friends about her character, her life, the people she inspired, and the remarkable things she did was so deeply moving for us...

“I’ll love you forever!”. This was one of Baraka’s favourite sentences to me, from a young age. I often wondered why she said this so often and what she meant by “forever”. It is now clear to me that by “forever”, Baraka was referring to the life of the world and...

Baraka shone from the moment I met her in the South Hampstead classroom. She threw herself into the delights of the GCSE English language and literature course with such energy and talent. Every essay from her was a gift. I will not forget her: her grace, her...

It was a great honour to be invited to the second Memorial of your beloved daughter, Baraka. Her goodness and kindness shone through at the event on Sunday, and in all the wonderful contributions of family, her school and university friends, and her study...

Dear Beautiful Family and Friends of Baraka Khan, Today’s memorial was almost like an encounter with Baraka. Hearing from her family and friends about her character, her life, the people she inspired, and the remarkable things she did was so deeply moving for us...