Ruqya Khan

International Youth Leadership and Innovation Forum (IYLIF)
Ruqya Khan at IYLIF International Youth Leadership and Innovation Forum

Ruqya Khan

Author, Wordsmith, Speaker, UAE

Ruqya Khan, or RK as she is known, is a wordsmith. She works with words – delivering stories on stage and in print. 


She is a Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Hypnosis and Time Line Therapy®. She is also proficient at the neuroscience techniques of mBraining. She started her career as a freelance writer more than 17 years ago and has successfully grown into the field of coaching.


Between then and now she has interviewed more than 3000 people from different walks of life. Her articles have covered the views and stories of many – right from celebrities and business owners to the office help! 


After many years of being a listener she has now chosen to speak and share stories with the world. Her words create shift and awareness to be better. Gratitude and acceptance are her key topics of focus - she believes that is where self-empowerment seeds from.


RK is an internationally honoured change maker. She has spoken and been felicitated for her contribution at the Women Economic Forum in New Delhi. In 2016 she did a TEDx talk on "The Art of Possibility".  She does keynote presentations at schools and across various corporate organisations. Her workshops are on goal setting, belief systems and team morale building.


Her patent message and the subject that she mainly delivers is “SMILE to move forward”. She speaks of it across international forums and even at schools, universities, labour camps & New Muslims classes. Passion to express, complete trust in self and gratitude are her strengths. She is driven by the awareness that though her life is simple and her achievements still growing – each day she is an example to her children and the many who see her as she is.