Arfa Khanum Sherwani

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.

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.

Awards

 * Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons, 2019.
 * Sahitya Samman, 2018
 * Red Ink Award in Politics (TV) category, 2019
 * Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman, 2022
 * Chhatrapati Samman Award, 2023