Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai ia ki Viroflay, Yvelines, ko ia te tuakana o ngā pūtaiao a Axel Kahn rāua ko Olivier Kahn, ā, ko ia te tama a tētahi pāpā Hurai rāua ko tētahi whaea Katorika. I a ia e whiwhi ana i tētahi tohu i roto i te hītori, ka tīmata ia ki te mahi i tētahi tari whakarōpūtanga mēra, kātahi ki tētahi whare tā. Kaore i roa ka neke ia ki te mahi kairipoata ka tukuna ia ki te hipoki i te pakanga i Algeria
, e mahi ana i te rangahau pānui i mōhiotia ai ko te "Tāhunga Ben Barka". I mahi a Kahn hei kairipoata mo "Paris-Press", "L'Express" me Europe 1. I muri mai ka neke ia ki "Le Monde" hei kairipoata motuhake mo Awherika ki te Raki. I te 1977, ka noho ia hei etita mo te kohinga o nga <unk>Nouvelles Littéraires<unk> a i te 1983, i whakaingoatia hei etita mo "Matin de Paris". I te tau 1984, i hangaia e ia "L'Événement du Jeudi" i te tau 1997, i te taha o Maurice Szafran, i tiimata te maheni wiki, "Marianne", i reira ia te etita rangatira tae noa ki te 2007. He maha nga wa ka tuhia e ia i raro i te ingoa ingoa o François Darras, Serge Maury ranei.