Archive - Ramblings of a Burned Out Journalist

On Legendary Former News Anchor Jon Snow's Alzheimers Diagnosis

Jon Snow was a formidable force in journalism for decades. So many of us millennial journalists have a story about meeting him. This is mine.

Jun 10 • Aina J. Khan

May 2026

The South Asian Men Who Connected Australia's Outback

Thousands of men of South Asian origin - most of them Muslim - migrated to Australia from the late 1800's where they helped European settlers explore…

May 5 • Aina J. Khan

April 2026

The Forgotten Women of the East Timor Genocide

I recently travelled to the island of East Timor where Indonesia committed a genocide between 1975-1999. Have you heard of East Timor?

Apr 12 • Aina J. Khan

March 2026

Praying at Al Noor Mosque on the Anniversary of the Christchurch Massacre

This is the athaan, the Islamic call to prayer at the Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch where a white supremacist massacred 51 souls exactly 7 years ago…

Mar 15 • Aina J. Khan

February 2026

An African Islam in Senegal's Holy City of Touba

I travelled to Senegal's holy city of Touba to visit the Grand Mosquée founded by an anti-colonial Senegalese leader, scholar and poet, Sheikh Amadou…

Feb 20 • Aina J. Khan

December 2025

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend

Winter darkness drags seasonal depression into my orbit. But it has an undeniable power, both for us humans and for the natural world.

Dec 21, 2025 • Aina J. Khan

Freelance Journalism Is Like Zip-lining Over The Southern Atlantic

I embarked on a freelance foreign correspondent chapter two years ago. And by some miracle, I'm still hanging on.

Dec 17, 2025 • Aina J. Khan

January 2024

On the Silk Road city of Bukhara and its rich Jewish history

Did you know the ancient Silk Road city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan was once home to 23,000 Jews?

Jan 27, 2024 • Aina J. Khan

That time I met the original Aina Khan in Uzbekistan

I've travelled to so many countries, only to find the original "OG" Aina Khan at a silk factory in eastern Uzbekistan.

Jan 21, 2024 • Aina J. Khan

December 2023

On Christmas Day, and finding Christ under the rubble

As a child who grew up in southwest London from the 2000s, church hymns and Christmas carols were a regular feature of school assemblies and nativity…

Dec 25, 2023 • Aina J. Khan

August 2023

A serendipitous meeting with Uzbek zardazi embroidery masters

The fabled gold embroidery practice was once passed down from father to son. Now, Uzbek women are helping preserve the tradition.

Aug 12, 2023 • Aina J. Khan

On finding awe at the mouth of Tugela falls

Standing at the mouth of Tugela falls.

Aug 6, 2023 • Aina J. Khan