Ahmad Khan

Ahmad Khan

Founder & Editor

Ahmad Khan is the founder and lead research analyst for Brocia, which was founded in 2023 as a result of repetitive marketing in pillow reviews. Ahmad has an MA in Mass Communication from the University of Peshawar (2020). He uses investigative techniques to verify product claims by researching every claim made by manufacturers and comparing them to their spec sheets and published sleep research. No products are tested. All claims have sources linked to them. Brocia does not accept free samples and will never share any draft posts with brands.

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