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# 20 Questions with Jansher Khan

> Get to know DM168’s Assistant Publisher, Jansher Khan.

By Daily Maverick · Published 19 June 2026, 11:37 SAST

## Key points
- DM168’s Jansher Khan answers 20 questions for Maverick Insiders.

## Content

**Favourite book?**

The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown.

**Favourite film?**

Top Gun.

**Favourite song?**

Eagles – Hotel California.

**Favourite series?**

Chuck.

**What is the most random thing you’ve ordered online?**

Mascara – (for my wife).

**What is the last thing on your phone that you took a screenshot of?**

My latest vet bill.

**What app do you spend the most time on?**

FlightRadar24.

**What’s your favourite piece of trivia?**

Major-General Sir Nils Olav III – He is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard and also a penguin.

**What’s the weirdest superstition you secretly believe in?**

Knock on wood to prevent bad luck or keep good fortunes going.

**If you could relive one specific experience, what would it be?**

Jet skiing with a pod of dolphins in the Maldives, or running with cheetah cubs while on a safari.

**Window seat or aisle seat?**

Aisle seat always.

**If you could live as someone else for the day, who would it be and why?**

Any retired millionaire watching the F1 in Monaco from their yacht.

**Career highlight?**

Navigating the media landscape through all its transitions and still finding room for growth and expansion.

**What are people always surprised to learn about you?**

That I’m incredibly OCD.

**You’ve just been arrested. What crime were you likely to have committed?**

Speeding.

**If you weren’t working in your current role, what industry would you be in?**

An air traffic controller.

**What is the most-worn item in your wardrobe?**

My Corona hoodie.

**What’s the best advice you’ve received?**

Happy wife, happy life.

**Name one person you admire?**

Lex – AKA dad.

**What’s your current guilty pleasure?**

Chocolates, especially Ferrero Rocher.