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'''Arfa Khanum Sherwani''' (born 1 November 1980) is an Indian journalist and the senior editor of '']''. She is an alumna of ], ] and ]. She has received the Red Ink Award and the ].
'''Arfa Khanum Sherwani''' (born 1 November 1980) is an Indian journalist.<ref>{{cite web |title=مسلمانوں کی وجہ سے بھارت میں برقرار ہے سیکولرزم۔آئین کا تحفظ سبھی کیلئے ضروری : عارفہ خانم شیروانی |url=https://urdu.millattimes.com/archives/47958 |website=Millat Times |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> She was the only Indian journalist to cover the 2014 Afghan presidential elections.<ref name="sawm">{{cite web |title=About Arfa Khanum |url=https://www.sawmsisters.com/author/akhanum/ |website=Sawm Sisters |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> She has received a ], the Sahitya Samman Award from the Hindi Academy, and the ].<ref name="newsminute">{{cite web |title=Journalists Rohini Mohan, Arfa Khanum Sherwani awarded Chameli Devi Jain award |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/journalists-rohini-mohan-arfa-khanum-sherwani-awarded-chameli-devi-jain-award-120147 |website=The News Minute |accessdate=14 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="ted">{{cite web |title=About Arfa Khanum Sherwani |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35802 |website=Ted |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> She is currently senior editor at ].<ref name="ahl">{{cite web |title=Arfa Khanum Sherwani On Indian Muslims And The Media |url=http://ahl-alquran.com/English/show_news.php?main_id=11149 |website=ahl-alquran.com |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web |title=2 get Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalist |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/2-get-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalist/1761361 |website=OutlookIndia.com |accessdate=14 March 2020}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Early life and education==
Arfa Khanum Sherwani was born on 1 November 1980 in ], ]. She completed her intermediate studies in the city and obtained a ] degree from ] in Meerut. Khanum obtained a diploma in journalism from the ]. She completed her doctoral studies from the ].<ref name="urdu">{{cite web |title=بلند شہر کی شیرنی ’’عارفہ خانم شیروانی‘‘ بیباک، بہادراورآزاد خاتون صحاف |url=http://urducity.in/arfa-khanum-sherwani/ |website=UrduCity.in |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> Arfa Khanum Sherwani was born on 1 November 1980 in ], Uttar Pradesh. She completed her intermediate studies in the city and obtained a ] degree from the ] in Meerut. She received a diploma in journalism from the ] and completed her doctoral studies at ], researching on Muslim and Dalit community in India.<ref name="urdu">{{cite web |title=بلند شہر کی شیرنی ''عارفہ خانم شیروانی'' بیباک، بہادراورآزاد خاتون صحاف |url=http://urducity.in/arfa-khanum-sherwani/ |website=UrduCity.in |accessdate=13 March 2020 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627002508/http://urducity.in/arfa-khanum-sherwani/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


⚫ Arfa started her career in journalism in 2000.<ref name="urdu" /> She joined '']'' as an intern and later worked with '']'' and then ]. She joined ] as a principal correspondent and news anchor.<ref name="sabra">{{cite web |title=Collective stereotypes |url=https://sabrangindia.in/interview/collective-stereotypes |website=SabrangIndia |date=August 2010 |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> She worked with ] until 2017<ref name="janta">{{cite web |title=Anger after Rajya Sabha TV addresses RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as 'His Holiness' |url=http://www.jantakareporter.com/india/anger-after-rajya-sabha-tv-addresses-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat-as-his-holiness/191221/ |website=Janta Ka Reporter |date=10 June 2018 |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> and is a senior editor of '']''.<ref name="outlook">{{cite news |title=2 get Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalist |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/2-get-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalist-120031400658_1.html | agency=Press Trust of India | newspaper=Business Standard | date=14 March 2020 | accessdate=10 December 2022}}</ref> 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.
==Career==
⚫ Khanum started her career in journalism in 2000.<ref name="urdu" /> She joined '']'' as an intern. She later worked with '']'' and then ]. She joined ] as a principal correspondent and news anchor.<ref name="sabra">{{cite web |title=Collective stereotypes |url=https://sabrangindia.in/interview/collective-stereotypes |website=SabrangIndia |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> She worked with ] until 2017<ref name="janta">{{cite web |title=Anger after Rajya Sabha TV addresses RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as ‘His Holiness’ |url=http://www.jantakareporter.com/india/anger-after-rajya-sabha-tv-addresses-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat-as-his-holiness/191221/ |website=Janta Ka Reporter |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> and is currently a senior editor at ''].''<ref name="outlook" />


== Harassment ==
A 42 second clip was cut from a speech Khanum delivered at the ] over ] and was used to harass her. While talking to the CPJ, she stated that she has received death and rape threats on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.<ref name="deaththreat">{{cite web |title=Global Scribes' Body Asks BJP Leaders to Stop Online Harassment of The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani |url=https://thewire.in/media/committee-to-protect-journalists-arfa-khanum-sherwani |website=The Wire |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="alt">{{cite web |title=Journalist Arfa Khanum’s speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers |url=https://www.altnews.in/journalist-arfa-khanums-speech-on-caa-clipped-and-shared-with-communal-overtones/ |website=Alt News |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> In 2020, a 42-second clip was cut from a speech Sherwani delivered at the ] over ] and given a distorted interpretation to harass her. While talking to the ], she stated that she has received death and rape threats on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.<ref name="deaththreat">{{cite web |title=Global Scribes' Body Asks BJP Leaders to Stop Online Harassment of The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani |url=https://thewire.in/media/committee-to-protect-journalists-arfa-khanum-sherwani |website=The Wire |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="alt">{{cite web |title=Journalist Arfa Khanum's speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers |url=https://www.altnews.in/journalist-arfa-khanums-speech-on-caa-clipped-and-shared-with-communal-overtones/ |website=Alt News |date=27 January 2020 |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref>

Sherwani was a victim of online abuse through the ] app, which listed several prominent Muslim women on a mock auction.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chandran|first=Rina|date=2022-01-06|title=Auction of Muslim women on Indian app shows tech weaponised for abuse|language=en|work=]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/tech-women-crime-idUSL8N2TL083|access-date=2022-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113165724/https://www.reuters.com/article/tech-women-crime-idUSL8N2TL083|archive-date=2022-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Online harassment spurs outrage among journalists; tougher regulations need of the hour|url=https://theprobe.in/online-harassment-spurs-outrage-among-journalists-tougher-regulations-need-of-the-hour/ |website=The Probe|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>

==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 ]<ref>{{cite news
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==Awards== ==Awards==
* ], 2019<ref name="laundry">{{cite web |title=Rohini Mohan and Arfa Khanum Sherwani win the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalists |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/03/13/rohini-mohan-and-arfa-khanum-sherwani-win-the-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalists |website=News Laundry |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> * ], 2019.<ref name="newsminute">{{cite web |title=Journalists Rohini Mohan, Arfa Khanum Sherwani awarded Chameli Devi Jain award |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/journalists-rohini-mohan-arfa-khanum-sherwani-awarded-chameli-devi-jain-award-120147 |website=The News Minute |date=13 March 2020 |accessdate=14 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="laundry">{{cite web |title=Rohini Mohan and Arfa Khanum Sherwani win the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalists |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/03/13/rohini-mohan-and-arfa-khanum-sherwani-win-the-chameli-devi-jain-award-for-outstanding-woman-journalists |website=News Laundry |date=13 March 2020 |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref>
* Sahitya Samman<ref name="ted">{{cite web |title=About Arfa Khanum Sherwani |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35802 |website=Ted |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> * Sahitya Samman, 2018<ref name="ted">{{cite web |title=About Arfa Khanum Sherwani |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35802 |website=Ted |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref>
* ]<ref name="okhla">{{cite web |title=Okhla-based journalist Arfa wins journalism award |url=https://www.okhlatimes.com/okhla-arfa-award/ |website=Okhla Times |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref> * Red Ink Award in Politics (TV) category, 2019<ref name="okhla">{{cite web |title=Okhla-based journalist Arfa wins journalism award |url=https://www.okhlatimes.com/okhla-arfa-award/ |website=Okhla Times |accessdate=13 March 2020}}</ref>
* Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman, 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani to Receive Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman Award |url=https://thewire.in/media/arfa-khanum-sherwani-kuldip-nayar-patrakarita-samman-award-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119221129/https://thewire.in/media/arfa-khanum-sherwani-kuldip-nayar-patrakarita-samman-award-2022 |archive-date=2022-11-19 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=]}}</ref>
* Chhatrapati Samman Award, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title='Support Journalists While They're Alive': The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani Awarded Chhatrapati Samman |url=https://thewire.in/media/support-journalists-while-theyre-alive-the-wires-arfa-khanum-sherwani-awarded-chhatrapati-samman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202190048/https://thewire.in/media/support-journalists-while-theyre-alive-the-wires-arfa-khanum-sherwani-awarded-chhatrapati-samman |archive-date=2023-12-02 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=]}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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== External links ==

* , Sabrang India, retrieved 2 September 2022
* '''', Arfa's PhD thesis


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Indian journalist

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.

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.

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. She worked with Rajya Sabha TV until 2017 and is a senior editor of The Wire. 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.

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

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. ^ "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. "Global Scribes' Body Asks BJP Leaders to Stop Online Harassment of The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani". The Wire. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. "Journalist Arfa Khanum's speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers". Alt News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. "Online harassment spurs outrage among journalists; tougher regulations need of the hour". The Probe. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. "Is Arfa Khanum Sherwani Married To A CIA Agent?". 17 May 2024.
  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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