Arfa Khanum Sherwani Explained

Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Birth Place:Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India
Birth Date:1980 11, df=y
Occupation:Journalist, News Anchor
Years Active:2000–present

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.

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. 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]

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]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: بلند شہر کی شیرنی عارفہ خانم شیروانی بیباک، بہادراورآزاد خاتون صحاف . UrduCity.in . 13 March 2020 . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627002508/http://urducity.in/arfa-khanum-sherwani/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Collective stereotypes . SabrangIndia . August 2010 . 13 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Anger after Rajya Sabha TV addresses RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as 'His Holiness' . Janta Ka Reporter . 10 June 2018 . 13 March 2020.
  4. News: 2 get Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalist . Press Trust of India . Business Standard . 14 March 2020 . 10 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Global Scribes' Body Asks BJP Leaders to Stop Online Harassment of The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani . The Wire . 13 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Journalist Arfa Khanum's speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers . Alt News . 27 January 2020 . 13 March 2020.
  7. News: Chandran. Rina. 2022-01-06. Auction of Muslim women on Indian app shows tech weaponised for abuse. en. Reuters. 2022-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20220113165724/https://www.reuters.com/article/tech-women-crime-idUSL8N2TL083. 2022-01-13.
  8. News: Online harassment spurs outrage among journalists; tougher regulations need of the hour. The Probe. 1 February 2022.
  9. Web site: Journalists Rohini Mohan, Arfa Khanum Sherwani awarded Chameli Devi Jain award . The News Minute . 13 March 2020 . 14 March 2020.
  10. Web site: Rohini Mohan and Arfa Khanum Sherwani win the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalists . News Laundry . 13 March 2020 . 13 March 2020.
  11. Web site: About Arfa Khanum Sherwani . Ted . 13 March 2020.
  12. Web site: Okhla-based journalist Arfa wins journalism award . Okhla Times . 13 March 2020.
  13. Web site: 2022-11-07 . The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani to Receive Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119221129/https://thewire.in/media/arfa-khanum-sherwani-kuldip-nayar-patrakarita-samman-award-2022 . 2022-11-19 . 2023-12-14 . The Wire.
  14. Web site: 2023-11-22 . 'Support Journalists While They're Alive': The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani Awarded Chhatrapati Samman . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202190048/https://thewire.in/media/support-journalists-while-theyre-alive-the-wires-arfa-khanum-sherwani-awarded-chhatrapati-samman . 2023-12-02 . 2023-12-14 . The Wire.

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