Princess Khaliya Aga Khan is the wife of Prince Hussain Aga Khan and the daughter-in-law of Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV). Aga Khan IV is Imam and spiritual leader to approximately 15 million Ismaili Muslims.
Princess Khaliya works for the Aga Khan Development Network as a consultant, with particular emphasis on health. She was born as Miss Kristin White in New York City in 1976 and is a United States citizen currently residing in Geneva, Switzerland.
Princess Khaliya received her Masters degree in Public Health at Columbia University and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bulgaria from 1999 - 2001.
Aside from her activities in health, she often works in tandem with her husband, Prince Hussain Aga Khan, on issues of import to the Aga Khan Development Network such as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture [1] and the Aga Khan Historic Cities Program [2].
Prince Hussain (second son of His Highness the Aga Khan and Princess Salimah Aga Khan) and Princess Khaliya were married at the Chateau de Chantilly on 16 September 2006. Miss Kristin White adopted the name Khaliya upon embracing Islam, the day of her marriage, on Saturday 16 September. Princess Khaliya is the second daughter of Professor Norman White and his wife Margaret, of Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.A. (Mr. White is a Professor of Information Operations and Information Systems at the Stern School of Business at New York University, and Mrs. White is a psychologist in private practice in Montclair).