Arfa Khanum Sherwani
| Arfa Khanum Sherwani | |
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| File:Arfakhanum.pngArfakhanum.png | |
| Born | 24 August 1980[1] |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist, Author, Columnist |
Arfa Khanum Sherwani is an Indian journalist and writer.[1][2] She worked as anchor with NDTV and Rajya Sabha TV before joining the non-profit The Wire (Indian web publication).[3][4]
Early life and background[edit]
Arfa was born in 1980 in Khurja,Bulandshahr district,Uttar Pradesh.[5] She completed her Ph.D from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and was selected senior Vice President of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys’ Association, Delhi Chapter in 2010.[6][7]
Career[edit]
Arfa started her career in Journalism in 2000. She started her career with The Pioneer (India) at the age of 19 years and gradually she moved to electronic journalism.[1] Later she worked in Sahara Samay Channel,[8][9] The Asian Age as a trainee sub-editor[5] and was also a news consultant and anchor with Live India News channel.[1] She also made a documentary named "Taleemi Carvan" , which was based upon rural education issues and poor literacy rate in the Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Arfa is vocal critic of aggressive Hindu nationalism.[10] She is active on twitter where her posts have sometimes generated controversy.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Emminent journalist Ms. Arfa Khanum delivers a lecture at Amity School of Communication". Archived from the original on 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ↑ "Why Can't Two Students, Victims of Saffron Terror in Meerut, Go Back to College?". Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ↑ "Community's diversity visible at TCN's 12th anniversary celebration in Boston". Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ↑ "Space Crunch: Why It's Gender Related in Aligarh Muslim University".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Arfa Khanum Sherwani On Indian Muslims And The Media". Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ↑ "New girl gets elected to AMU old boys body".
- ↑ "What is the road ahead for the AMU?".
- ↑ "Are our news channels sexist towards their women employees?".
- ↑ "Is sexism in the 24×7 news channels a reality?". Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ↑ "I Fear Lynching More Than Triple Talaq: Journalist Arfa Khanum". Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ↑ Bhattacharjee, K. (2019-03-21). "The Wire journalist wishes Holi with 'Bismillah', devout Muslims say it's against Islam - Opindia News". OpIndia. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ↑ "Suspended bureaucrat Ashish Joshi threatens to expose fake-history buster True Indology". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
External links[edit]
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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