MUSIC TO HEAL SEPARATION AND LOSS
November 9 • 7:30 PM • YouTube
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Khizr Khan, center, with Mark Ludwig (left) and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, who presented Mr. Khan with a silver Paul Revere bowl as he welcomed him to Boston. Mr. Khan received the 2017 Terezín Legacy Award at our Symphony Hall Gala that year.

KHIZR KHAN

We are delighted to welcome Khizr Khan, who will present the 2020 Terezín Legacy Award to Dr. Anna Ornstein. Mr. Khan received the Award in 2017.

Khizr Khan is a Constitutional rights advocate, Muslim-America patriot,  and U.S. Gold Star Parent who made headlines in July 2016 with an electrifying speech at the Democratic National Convention (photo at left). He described the death in Iraq of his son U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, called attention to the diverse backgrounds and cultures represented at Arlington Cemetery, and offered to loan Donald Trump his pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution.  

Mr. Khan was born in Pakistan. He attended Punjab University and University Law School and was licensed to practice law in 1974. He moved to the United Arab Emirates and later to the U.S., where he attended Harvard Law School and received his LL.M degree in 1986. Mr. Khan is licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C., New York and Federal District Courts, and the Southern and Western Districts of New York. He is a member of the American Bar Association, D.C. Bar Association, and New York State Bar Association, and specializes in Commercial Civil Litigation Electronic Discovery and Health Privacy Law Compliance.

With Ghazala Khan he is a proud parent of three sons, including late U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, and four grandchildren.