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Yasmeen Khan

July 2019

  • Himesh Patel in a scene from Yesterday

    double quotation markWe need way more Asian leads on our screens. Here's how to get them

    Yasmeen Khan
    For too long Asian actors have been treated as ‘other’ in film and TV. But EastEnders and Richard Curtis’ romcom Yesterday show it doesn’t have to be this way

March 2019

  • Guz Khan

    Guz Khan: ‘As a child of immigrants, I can’t help but be politicised’

    The Man Like Mobeen star on his political aspirations, infiltrating Hollywood and reacting to Christchurch

February 2017

  • Grieving woman

    double quotation markIs three to five days’ paid bereavement leave really enough?

    Yasmeen Khan
    Facebook now offers staff 20 days off for a death in their immediate family. It’s a clear acknowledgement that people deal with loss and grieving in different ways

November 2013

  • The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning

    Theatre blog
    How do you make rehearsed readings sexy?

    Yasmeen Khan: Rehearsed readings offer writers the space to experiment and explore, but attracting an audience can be difficult. What's the solution?

July 2012

  • Children dressed as sticks of rock for a school play

    Why school plays make a difference

    Yasmeen Khan: Playing an Oompa Loompa in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was not my ideal first acting role, but I still remember the thrill of the lights going down ... Can you?

June 2009

  • The right ethnic mix

    Introducing the Masoods to EastEnders is the latest attempt to make TV more diverse - on-screen and off

March 2009

  • Mo Amer

    Mo Amer: an Arab-American standup in Texas

    When his family fled Kuwait, refugee Mo Amer found a new home in Houston. When he tried his hand at comedy, who knew he'd become a favourite with US troops? Yasmeen Khan meets him

November 2008

  • Sanjeev Bhaskar as King Arthur in Spamalot

    Standup and be counted: the battle for British Asian comedy

    There are more mainstream British Asian comics than ever, but how important is their ethnicity and why aren't their audiences more diverse? Yasmeen Khan meets rising comedians and Spamalot's Sanjeev Bhaskar to find out

May 2002

  • Making a meal of it

    The pulse Eating out during the week has become regular habit for most people and the trend it set to continue, writes Datamonitor's Yasmeen Khan.

October 2001

  • The growing cyber supermarket

  • Natural selection

August 2001

  • Own labels go upmarket

    The pulse: Supermarkets' own label products have eclipsed many top brands in popularity, writes Datamonitor's Yasmeen Khan.

June 2001

  • Marketing to multicultural Britain

    The pulse: MediaGuardian.co.uk's new thinktank, with research from the UK's leading market analysts. This week, Yasmeen Khan from Datamonitor explores 'ethnic' marketing.
    Table: how much is ethnic market worth?

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