Raba Khan

Raba Khan রাবা খান
Personal information
Born	(1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 26) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Bangladeshi
YouTube information
Channel	JhakanakaProject
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Years active	2014-present
Subscribers	288k[1]
Total views	33.5 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers

Raba Khan (born 11 May 1998) is a Bangladeshi comedian, vlogger, model, singer, and author. She is known for her satirical commentary on everyday life in Bangladesh.^[2][3][4] She is a radio jockey at ABC Radio.^[5] In 2020, Raba was featured in Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia list in the Media, Marketing & Advertising category.^[6] She is a UNICEF Youth Ambassador and has worked to advocate for children's rights.^[7][8] In 2019, she published a book, Bandhobi,^[9] written in an informal combination of Bangla and English.^[10]

Raba Khan was born in a Muslim family on 11 May 1998 in Sydney, Australia. Her father is a businessman, and her mother is a housewife. She has a brother named Fahad Reaz Khan who is a director.^[11][12] She moved to Dhaka, Bangladesh with her family when she was 16 years old.^{[citation needed]}

Raba Khan started her career as a YouTuber in June 2014 at the age of 15 by posting her debut video “Bengali Couples React to Break-Ups (with classic songs)”. Her brother used to be in some of those videos, and has been a contributor to her content.^[11] At the age of 16, she joined Radio Foorti as a jockey.^[13]

She became known for her personal vlogs and videos about Bengali life on her YouTube channel, TheJhakanakaProject.^[14] Some of her videos are satirical, addressing social issues and stereotypes in Bangladesh, others include Khan singing or lip-syncing, or reenacting old TV commercials.^[15] She also makes vlogs^[16] relating to travel^[17] and shopping.^[18][19][20] On April 2 2020, she was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's Asia edition,^[21] becoming the youngest person from Bangladesh to be recognized by Forbes.^[22]

In 2018, she became a Youth Ambassador to advocate for children’s rights by UNICEF. She is a goodwill ambassador for ActionAid.^[23][24] She also owns a fashion line named JKNK.^[25]

Besides YouTube and modeling, Raba Khan also writes books.^[26] Her debut book, named Bandhobi (styled as বান্ধobi,^[27] Bangladeshi slang for “girlfriend”), was published in 2019.^[28][9] The book chronicles the lives of nine young women in Dhaka,^[29] in the form of a teenager's anecdotes.^[10] The book is written in a causal and laxed use of the Bangla language.^[30][31]

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