▁( now ▁Bang l adesh ) ▁of ▁P ab na ▁District . ▁Her ▁father ▁Ab u ▁Y us uf ▁Moh amm ad ▁S idd ik ▁H oss ain ▁Khan ▁L oh ani ▁was ▁a ▁journalist ▁and ▁literary . ▁Her ▁Mother ▁F at ema ▁L oh ani ▁was ▁a ▁teacher . ▁Two ▁brothers , ▁F az le ▁L oh ani ▁and ▁F ate h ▁L oh ani ▁were ▁cultural ▁figures . ▁From ▁child hood , ▁she ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁music ▁and ▁pract iced ▁regular ▁music . ▁Po et ▁Gol am ▁Most af a ▁gave ▁her ▁a ▁harm on ium ▁gift . ▁When ▁poet ▁Kaz i ▁Naz r ul ▁Islam ▁was ▁speech less , ▁she ▁used ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁his ▁home ▁to ▁listen ▁to ▁him . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁Career ▁Khan am ▁studied ▁in ▁Ro key a ▁S akh aw at ▁Memorial ▁School . ▁She ▁continued ▁her ▁education ▁even ▁after ▁she ▁got ▁married ▁in ▁class ▁ 7 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁she ▁completed ▁her ▁post - grad u ation ▁in ▁Philosoph y ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁D h aka ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁with ▁a ▁scholar ship . ▁There ▁she ▁completed ▁an ▁MS ▁in ▁Arts ▁and ▁C raft s . ▁When ▁she ▁returned ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁she ▁joined ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁Home ▁Econom ics ▁College ▁in ▁D h aka . ▁Al ong side , ▁she ▁used ▁to ▁do ▁journal ism . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Muslim ▁film ▁woman ▁journalist ▁and ▁founder ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Pakistan ▁Journal