Arfa Khanum Sherwani

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Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Born (1980-11-01) 1 November 1980 (age 44)
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, News Anchor
Years active2000–present
Awards

Arfa Khanum Sherwani (born 1 November 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 1 November 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] In September 2024 she was selected by the Stanford University for the very prestigious John S Knight Journalism Fellowship, will be spending an academic year at the campus.

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. [5] [6]

Sherwani was a victim of online abuse through the Bulli Bai app, which listed several prominent Muslim women on a mock auction. [7] [8]

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 [9]

Awards

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