Arfa Khanum Sherwani

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Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Born (1980-08-24) 24 August 1980 (age 45)
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater
OccupationsJournalist, News Anchor
Years active2000–2025
Awards

Arfa Khanum Sherwani (born 24 August 1980) is an Indian journalist and the senior editor of The Wire . She is an alumna of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia. She has received the Red Ink Award and the Chameli Devi Jain Award.

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Biography

Arfa Khanum Sherwani was born on 24 August 1980 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. She completed her intermediate studies in the city and obtained a B.Sc. degree from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut. She received a diploma in journalism from the Aligarh Muslim University and completed her doctoral studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, researching on Muslim and Dalit community in India. [1]

Arfa started her career in journalism in 2000. [1] She joined The Pioneer as an intern and later worked with The Asian Age and then Sahara TV. She joined NDTV as a principal correspondent and news anchor. [2] She worked with Rajya Sabha TV until 2017 [3] and is a senior editor of The Wire . [4] She attended Stanford University in 2024-25 as a Knight Journalism Fellow. [5]

Harassment

In 2020, a 42-second clip was cut from a speech Sherwani delivered at the Aligarh Muslim University over Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and given a distorted interpretation to harass her. While talking to the Committee to Protect Journalists, she stated that she has received death and rape threats on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. [6] [7]

Sherwani was a victim of online abuse through the Bulli Bai app, which listed several prominent Muslim women on a mock auction. [8] [9]

Personal life

Arfa Khanum has been very secretive of her personal life. However, recently an online news outlet has reported on her being married to Dr. Azim Khan, who is a professor at SIT.

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "بلند شہر کی شیرنی عارفہ خانم شیروانی بیباک، بہادراورآزاد خاتون صحاف". UrduCity.in. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Collective stereotypes". SabrangIndia. August 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Anger after Rajya Sabha TV addresses RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as 'His Holiness'". Janta Ka Reporter. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "2 get Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalist". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Class of 2025 | John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships". jsk.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Global Scribes' Body Asks BJP Leaders to Stop Online Harassment of The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani". The Wire. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Journalist Arfa Khanum's speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers". Alt News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Chandran, Rina (6 January 2022). "Auction of Muslim women on Indian app shows tech weaponised for abuse". Reuters . Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Online harassment spurs outrage among journalists; tougher regulations need of the hour". The Probe. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Journalists Rohini Mohan, Arfa Khanum Sherwani awarded Chameli Devi Jain award". The News Minute. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Rohini Mohan and Arfa Khanum Sherwani win the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalists". News Laundry. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "About Arfa Khanum Sherwani". Ted. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Okhla-based journalist Arfa wins journalism award". Okhla Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani to Receive Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman Award". The Wire . 7 November 2022. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "'Support Journalists While They're Alive': The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani Awarded Chhatrapati Samman". The Wire . 22 November 2023. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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