Hi! I’m Maliha Khan — a Pakistani-American based in Washington, DC. I’m a trade lawyer by day, and a social curator by night. I love a good dinner, a packed room, a reason to dress up, and most of all, creating the kind of setting where people actually want to talk to each other.

I created SASH because I wanted more spaces for South Asians in the DMV to connect outside of the usual weddings, family gatherings, and professional networking events. There’s something special about being in a room where people share pieces of your culture, but where the focus is simply on having fun, meeting someone new, and building a community that feels natural rather than forced.

My hope is that SASH becomes the kind of place where you can walk into an event knowing almost no one and leave with a new friend, a new connection, a date, a favorite local business, or simply a really good night. More than anything, I want SASH to make our very big city feel a little smaller.