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Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Arfa Khanum Sherwani

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last contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring of 2022 as senior editor with the independent news website TheWire.  

All articles of Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Online news portals
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable

Independent news websites have become indispensable in India

Totalitarian aspirations
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Modi opponents are called anti-national

How Hindu supremacists are spreading hate and distorting public discourse in India

Useless suffering
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Temples over hospitals

It took India only 20 days to progress from 1 million to 2 million Covid-19 infections

Recurring trauma
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Feelings of aggravation

The history of anti-Muslim violence in India

Covid-19
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Pandemic apartheid

In India, Hindu-supremacists are now blaming Muslims for Covid-19

Protest movement
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Reciting the constitution

Muslim women are leading India’s nation-wide movement to protect the constitution

Right-wing politics
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Muslims’ grievances in Modi’s India

How India’s government is targeting the country’s largest minority

Social media
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Serious discrimination

Current frustration with Twitter in India shows why the big internet multinationals require global regulation

Identity politics
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Increasingly aggressive

In spite of India’s constitution, Modi government is adopting aggressive anti-Muslim policies

Press freedom
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Veiled threats and blatant harassment

Why online trolls could not tolerate my interview with a prominent Hindu guru

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