Our writers and fact-checkers

Every page on Wordhurst has a named writer and is checked by a named fact-checker before it goes live.

Alishba Khan

Writer, UX researcher. Alishba Khan is a UX researcher with more than six years in IT. Her day job is listening to real people and writing down what they mean in plain words. At Wordhurst she writes the pages on synonyms, other ways to say things, slang, emoji and word meanings.

Zeeshan Akbar

Writer, lead business analyst. Zeeshan Akbar is a lead business analyst and customer experience consultant with more than seven years in IT. He writes requirements for a living, where one wrong word changes what gets built. At Wordhurst he writes the pages on confusing words, spelling and grammar.

Junaid Khan

Fact-checker, lead business analyst. Junaid Khan is a lead business analyst and presales consultant who turns loose ideas into exact written specifications. At Wordhurst he checks every page against Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Oxford before it is published.