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	===Dispute with ''Tehelka''===		===Dispute with ''Tehelka''===
	[[Tarun Tejpal]] and [[Shoma Chaudhury]] have disputed Ayyub's claim that her story on [[Encounter killings by police\|fake encounters]] in [[Gujarat]], which was the result of an eight-month long undercover investigation, was dropped by them. According to Tejpal, Ayyub's story was "incomplete".<ref name="FP"/> According to Chaudhury, Ayyub's story "did not meet the necessary editorial standards."<ref name="FP">{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tehelka-didnt-run-rana-ayyubs-gujarat-riots-story-because-it-was-incomplete-tarun-tejpal-2808414.html\|title=We didn't run Rana Ayyub's Gujarat riots story because it was incomplete: Tarun Tejpal}}</ref> Ayyub has responded to Tejpal and Chaudhury's assertions by noting that:{{Quote\|I must say I am not the only one to complain about dropped stories in Tehelka, the list is fairly big… Shoma Choudhury and Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka cited editorial decisions and gaps. The book is a bestseller and is getting rave reviews for its content. Let the reader be the judge.<ref name="FP"/><ref name="~~Frontline July 2016~~"/>}}		[[Tarun Tejpal]] and [[Shoma Chaudhury]] have disputed Ayyub's claim that her story on [[Encounter killings by police\|fake encounters]] in [[Gujarat]], which was the result of an eight-month long undercover investigation, was dropped by them. According to Tejpal, Ayyub's story was "incomplete".<ref name="FP"/> According to Chaudhury, Ayyub's story "did not meet the necessary editorial standards."<ref name="FP">{{cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tehelka-didnt-run-rana-ayyubs-gujarat-riots-story-because-it-was-incomplete-tarun-tejpal-2808414.html\|title=We didn't run Rana Ayyub's Gujarat riots story because it was incomplete: Tarun Tejpal}}</ref> Ayyub has responded to Tejpal and Chaudhury's assertions by noting that:{{Quote\|I must say I am not the only one to complain about dropped stories in Tehelka, the list is fairly big… Shoma Choudhury and Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka cited editorial decisions and gaps. The book is a bestseller and is getting rave reviews for its content. Let the reader be the judge.<ref name="Frontline July 2016"/><ref name="FP"/>}}

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{{Infobox person
| name = Rana Ayyub
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| caption = Rana Ayyub in 2016
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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|writer}}
| relatives = [[Abdul Haq Azmi]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Yaad-e-Ayyam|author=Muhammad Ayyub Waqif|language=ur|page=41|publisher=Tehreer-e-Nau Publications|edition=2017}}</ref>
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'''Rana Ayyub''' is an Indian journalist and opinion columnist with ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref name=WP>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/11/indias-supreme-court-endorses-right-wing-vision-relegating-muslims-second-class-citizens/|title=India's Supreme Court endorses right-wing vision relegating Muslims to second-class citizens|website=The Washington Post (newspaper)|date=11 November 2019|access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> She is the author of the investigative book ''[[Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gujarat Files: Rana Ayyub and stinging truths |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/gujarat-files-rana-ayyub-and-stinging-truths-116062400580_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard India |access-date=16 November 2019|date=25 June 2016 |last1=Mukhopadhyay |first1=Nilanjan }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/lone-soldier-excerpt-rana-ayyub-gujarat-files | title=A Lone Soldier In The Field: An Excerpt From Rana Ayyub's "Gujarat Files: Anatomy Of A Cover Up" | magazine=[[The Caravan]] | date=25 May 2016 | access-date=23 December 2017 | author=Ayyub, Rana }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Background and family==
Rana Ayyub was born in Mumbai, India. Her father Mohammad Ayyub Waqif,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=RanaAyyub |number=1199756507451146240|title=A moment of immense joy and pride. Just discovered a list of my fathers books, digitised and sequenced on the @Rekhta website. Goosebumps |date=27 November 2019|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> was a writer with ''Blitz,'' a Mumbai-based magazine, and an important member of the progressive writers movement. {{citation needed|date=June 2021}} The city witnessed riots in 1992–93, during which time the family moved to the Muslim-dominant suburb of [[Deonar]], which is where Rana largely grew up. Ayyub is a practising Muslim.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opinion: I Am A Practicing Muslim. My Concerns Right Now For India Are... |url=https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/in-response-to-naseeruddin-shah-1707581 |access-date=27 September 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=4 June 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Rana's worked for ''[[Tehelka]]'' (''lit.'' "commotion/uproar"), a Delhi-based investigative and political news magazine. Rana has previously been critical of the [[BJP]] in general and [[Narendra Modi]].<ref name=TOI>{{cite news |title=Outrage on social media after DNA takes down article critical of Amit Shah |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Outrage-on-social-media-after-DNA-takes-down-article-critical-of-Amit-Shah/articleshow/38264714.cms |website=Times Of India|date=14 July 2014|access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> By her own account, a report done by Rana Ayyub was instrumental in sending [[Amit Shah]], a close associate of [[Narendra Modi]], to jail for several months in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Modi aide Amit Shah arrested, jailed in Sohrabuddin case |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-aide-amit-shah-arrested-jailed-in-sohrabuddin-case-79246-2010-07-25 |access-date=18 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=25 July 2010 |language=en}}</ref>

At ''Tehelka,'' Rana worked as an investigative journalist and her big assignment was to carry out the sting operation upon which her book ''Gujarat Files'' was based. At the end of the sting operation, the management of ''Tehelka'' refused to publish any story written by Rana or based on the data collected by her. Rana continued to work with ''Tehelka'' for several months more. In November 2013, her boss [[Tarun Tejpal]], the editor-in-chief and major shareholder of ''Tehelka,'' was accused of sexual harassment by one of his journalist subordinates. Rana Ayyub resigned from ''Tehelka'' in protest against the organisation's handling of the charge against Tejpal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/tehelka-scandal-senior-editor-rana-ayyub-quits-in-protest-1250617.html |title=Tehelka scandal: Senior editor Rana Ayyub quits in protest |website=Firstpost.com website|date=26 November 2013|access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> She now works independently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/author/rana-ayyub|title=Rana Ayyub – Author |website=[[NDTV]] |access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tehelka-didnt-run-rana-ayyubs-gujarat-riots-story-because-it-was-incomplete-tarun-tejpal-2808414.html |title=We didn't run Rana Ayyub's Gujarat riots story because it was incomplete: Tarun Tejpal|date=31 May 2016|access-date=22 December 2017|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/authors/rana-ayyub|title=Rana Ayyub|work= Daily News & Analysis|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> In September 2019, ''[[Washington Post]]'' hired her as its contributing writer to the Global Opinions section.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Washington |first1=Post |title=The Washington Post names Rana Ayyub Contributing Global Opinions Writer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2019/09/26/washington-post-names-rana-ayyub-contributing-global-opinions-writer/ |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=26 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rana Ayyub joins Washington Post to write on Indian politics |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/sep/26/rana-ayyub-joins-washington-post-to-write-on-indian-politics-2039580.html |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=Scroll |title=Journalist Rana Ayyub appointed 'Washington Post' contributor, will write about Indian politics |url=https://scroll.in/latest/938640/journalist-rana-ayyub-to-be-contributor-to-washington-post-will-write-about-indian-politics |work=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Desk |first1=Caravan |title=Rana Ayyub Joins Washington Post to Write on Indian Politics |url=https://clarionindia.net/rana-ayyub-joins-washington-post-to-write-on-indian-politics/ |work=Clarion India |date=26 September 2019}}</ref>

In October 2020, [[HarperCollins]] India published an open letter written by Ayyub, to protest the controversial appointment of Actor [[Gajendra Chauhan]] as the Chairman of [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII), as part of the book ''Inquilab: A Decade of Protest'' which contains speeches, lectures and letters said to "capture the most important events and issues of the past ten years."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ayyub|first=Rana|title=Opinion: Open Letter to Gajendra Chauhan from a Former Film Student|url=https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/open-letter-to-gajendra-chauhan-from-a-former-film-student-781257|access-date=29 October 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 October 2020|title=Books of the week: From Romila Thapar's Voices of Dissent to The Best Stories of Dhumketu, our picks - Art-and-culture News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/books-of-the-week-from-romila-thapars-voices-of-dissent-to-the-best-stories-of-dhumketu-our-picks-8921471.html|access-date=28 October 2020|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOf1DwAAQBAJ&q=Inquilab:+A+Decade+of+Protest|title=Inquilab: A Decade of Protest|date=20 October 2020|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-93-5357-970-8|location=India|language=en}}</ref>

==The Gujarat sting operation==
As an investigative journalist working with ''Tehelka,'' Rana Ayyub took up a project to conduct a prolonged sting operation aimed at snaring politicians and government officials of [[Gujarat]] and get them to reveal any potential cover-ups regarding the Gujarat riots of 2002. Rana Posing as Maithili Tyagi, a filmmaker from the [[American Film Institute]], and set about befriending her intended targets. She spent around ten months in disguise, and got paid a regular monthly salary from ''Tehelka'' during this period. However, at the end of the exercise, the management of ''Tehelka'' felt that the recordings which she had made over the months did not provide any new or sensational information, that the data gathered by her was of inadequate quality, and that they could not publish any story on the basis of the new data.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Vijayan |first1=Suchitra |title=An unfinished book |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/An-unfinished-book/article14384513.ece |work=The Hindu |date=4 June 2016 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gujarat Files |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30244505-gujarat-files |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>

===The book===
{{Main|Gujarat Files}}
In her book ''Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up'', Ayyub documented the verbatim transcripts of recordings, made using a concealed recording device, of many bureaucrats and police officers of Gujarat. The recordings were made in the course of an undercover investigation to reveal the views of bureaucrats and police officers on the post-[[2002 Gujarat riots]] and [[Encounter killings by police#Gujarat|Police encounter killings]]. Ayyub had been posing as 'Maithili Tyagi', a student of the [[American Film Institute]], having an ideological affinity for the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]'s beliefs, to enable her to make the recordings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/808702/how-rana-ayyub-had-to-become-maithili-tyagi-for-her-investigations-in-gujarat|title=How Rana Ayyub had to become Maithili Tyagi for her investigations in Gujarat}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0kf4jwEACAAJ|title=Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up|isbn=9781533341525|last1=Ayyub|first1=Rana|year=2016}}</ref><ref name="Outlook">{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/gujarat-gazetteer-by-maithili-tyagi/297417|title=Gujarat Gazetteer, By Maithili Tyagi|publisher=Outlook (magazine)|date=11 July 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Frontline July 2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.frontline.in/books/on-the-trail-of-the-real-culprits/article8755811.ece |title=On the trail of the real culprits |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=8 July 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Mint June 2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/hnE8QCMynIo66eS0VfmChK/Book-review-Gujarat-Files.html|title=Book review: Gujarat Files |publisher=Mint |date=4 June 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Business Standard June 2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/gujarat-files-rana-ayyub-and-stinging-truths-116062400580_1.html |title=Gujarat Files: Rana Ayyub and stinging truths |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Express May 2016">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sting-claims-political-pressure-in-gujarat-riots-narendra-modi-govt-2822765/|title=Gujarat Files: Sting claims political pressure in Gujarat riots|work=[[Indian Express]] |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Wire">{{cite news|url=http://thewire.in/47407/goodbye-satyameva-jayate-telling-silence-on-rana-ayyubs-gujarat-files/|title=What the Silence Over Rana Ayyub's 'Gujarat Files' Tells Us |work=[[The Wire]] |date=1 July 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref>

===Dispute with ''Tehelka''===
[[Tarun Tejpal]] and [[Shoma Chaudhury]] have disputed Ayyub's claim that her story on [[Encounter killings by police|fake encounters]] in [[Gujarat]], which was the result of an eight-month long undercover investigation, was dropped by them. According to Tejpal, Ayyub's story was "incomplete".<ref name="FP"/> According to Chaudhury, Ayyub's story "did not meet the necessary editorial standards."<ref name="FP">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tehelka-didnt-run-rana-ayyubs-gujarat-riots-story-because-it-was-incomplete-tarun-tejpal-2808414.html|title=We didn't run Rana Ayyub's Gujarat riots story because it was incomplete: Tarun Tejpal}}</ref> Ayyub has responded to Tejpal and Chaudhury's assertions by noting that:{{Quote|I must say I am not the only one to complain about dropped stories in Tehelka, the list is fairly big… Shoma Choudhury and Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka cited editorial decisions and gaps. The book is a bestseller and is getting rave reviews for its content. Let the reader be the judge.<ref name="FP"/><ref name="Frontline July 2016"/>}}

===Reception===
Historian [[Ramachandra Guha]] had called Ayyub's ''Gujarat Files'' "a brave book."<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160625/jsp/opinion/story_93068.jsp#.V92B_TscWgR|title=Divide and win-The Sanjay Gandhi of this age|publisher=The Telegraph |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> Jyoti Malhotra has noted that many journalists have privately applauded Ayyub's courage in authoring ''Gujarat Files''.<ref name="Hoot">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoot.org/research/books/mainstream-media-turns-away-from-gujarat-files-9404|title=Mainstream media turns away from "Gujarat Files" |publisher=The Hoot |date=3 June 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> Priya Ramani has commented: "The abuses from the paid foot soldiers on Twitter bounce off her spiral curls smoothly."<ref name="Mint Sep 2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/aKyGnfUrG0fWxlPzGS1hBM/The-selfpublishing-story-of-dust-and-dreams.html |title=The self-publishing story of dust and dreams |publisher=Mint |date=1 September 2016 |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> Reflecting on the procedure used by Ayyub in composing ''Gujarat Files'', Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay has observed: "Going undercover and interviewing many who had been in the thick of gruesome extra-constitutional operations required bravado and this must be appreciated."<ref name="Business Standard June 2016"/>

Ayyub's investigation of the alleged Gujarat fake encounters has been listed by [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|''Outlook'']] magazine as one of the twenty greatest magazine stories of all time across the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-20-greatest-magazine-stories/295660|title=The 20 Greatest Magazine Stories|work=Outlook|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>
In 2018, Ayyub was awarded the "most Resilient Global journalist" by Dutch non-profit ''Free Press Unlimited'' for resisting attempts to stifle her work.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Free Press Awards 2018: The winners |url=https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/news/free-press-awards-2018-the-winners |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=freepressunlimited.org |date=2 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah Khan |first1=Saba |title=Investigative Journalist Pays the Price for Expose in India |url=https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/investigative-journalist-pays-price-expose-india |access-date=27 September 2019 |work=Voice of America |date=27 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

===Criticism===
In the [[Haren Pandya]] murder case, the [[Supreme Court of India]] dismissed Rana Ayyub's book, stating that "it is based upon surmises, conjectures, and suppositions and has no evidentiary value.".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Central Bureau Of Investigation vs Mohd.Parvez Abdul Kayuum on 5 July, 2019|url=https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2011/37430/37430_2011_4_1501_14733_Judgement_05-Jul-2019.pdf|access-date=18 December 2020|website=main.sci.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SC rejects NGO's plea for further probe in Haren Pandya case|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sc-rejects-ngo-s-plea-for-further-probe-in-haren-pandya-case-2768910|access-date=18 December 2020|website=www.dnaindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SC rejects NGO''s plea for further probe in Haren Pandya case, slaps Rs 50K fine|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/sc-rejects-ngos-plea-for-further-probe-in-haren-pandya-case-slaps-rs-50k-fine/1569194|access-date=18 December 2020|website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref> Ayyub termed the court's comments "puzzling", stating that the CBI had used her work as evidence in other related cases, and noting that no officer or bureaucrat had denied her claims or taken her to court.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ayyub|first=Rana|date=11 July 2019|title=An appeal to the SC to examine the Gujarat Files tapes as evidence|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/law/appeal-supreme-court-haren-pandya-examine-gujarat-files-rana-ayyub-evidence|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101135957/https://caravanmagazine.in/law/appeal-supreme-court-haren-pandya-examine-gujarat-files-rana-ayyub-evidence|archive-date=1 November 2020|access-date=22 February 2021|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
*In October 2011, Rana Ayyub received the Sanskriti award for excellence in journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanskriti awards to Kashmiri writer, sarangi maestro|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sanskriti-awards-to-kashmiri-writer-sarangi-maestro/861865/|access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref>
*The 'Citation of Excellence' was conferred to Rana Ayyub in the 2017 edition of the [[Global Shining Light Award]] for her undercover investigation revealing state's top officials’ complicity during the [[2002 Gujarat Riots]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theshahab.com/2017/11/18/rana-ayyub-wins-global-shining-light-award-gujarat-files-anatomy-coverup/|title=Rana Ayyub received Citation of Excellence in Global Shining Light Award for 'Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Coverup'|date=18 November 2017|work=The Shahab|access-date=21 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
*Actress [[Richa Chadda]] claimed to have been inspired by Rana Ayyub, who is also her friend, in 2016 film ''[[Chalk n Duster]]'', where she plays a journalist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Richa Chadha to play journalist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/richa-chadha-to-play-journalist/ |work=The Indian Express |date=25 June 2015}}</ref>
*In 2018, Ayyub was awarded the Most Resilient Journalist Award by Free Press Unlimited for continuing her work "despite being harassed both online and offline and receiving death threats."<ref name=":1" />
*In February 2020, Rana Ayyub awarded with McGill Medal for journalistic courage. She will accept the award at Grady on 22 April.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=UGAGrady |title=Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub), global opinions writer for the @washingtonpost is the recipient of the 2020 McGill Medal for journalistic courage. She will accept the award at Grady on April 22. |number=1232011103061696514 |date=24 February 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> The medal ceremony will take place in the Peyton Anderson Forum at Grady College on Wednesday, 22 April.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Washington Post writer Rana Ayyub awarded with McGill Medal for journalistic courage |journal=Grady College |date=24 February 2020 |url=https://grady.uga.edu/washington-post-writer-rana-ayyub-awarded-with-mcgill-medal-for-journalistic-courage/ |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=Scroll |title=Rana Ayyub wins McGill Medal for journalistic courage |url=https://scroll.in/latest/954230/rana-ayyub-wins-mcgill-medal-for-journalistic-courage |work=Scroll.in |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rana Ayyub Wins McGill Medal For Journalistic Courage |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/journalist-rana-ayyub-wins-mcgill-medal-for-journalistic-courage |work=The Quint |date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Das |first1=Ria |title=Women's Day Special: Ladies You Have Made Us Proud! |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/womens-day-powerful-moments-for-women-this-year |website=SheThePeople TV |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
*She is the 2020 Voices of Courage and Conscience Awardee from the Muslim Public Affairs Council of America.<ref>{{cite news|title=Building a Better Normal: MPAC Virtual Gala|url=https://betternormal.mpac.org/|website=mpac.org|language=en|access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>
*She has also been named by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine among ten global journalists who face maximum threats to their lives.<ref>{{cite news |title=Read About 10 Journalists Now Facing the 'Most Urgent' Threats to Press Freedom Around the World |url=https://time.com/5560829/one-free-press-10-most-urgent-journalists-april/ |work=Time |language=en|access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref> She has been profiled by ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Filkins |first1=Dexter |title=Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi's India |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/blood-and-soil-in-narendra-modis-india |work=The New Yorker |language=en |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

==Death threats on social media==
Rana claims she has been at the receiving end of multiple death threats on twitter. In April 2018 she filed a complaint with Delhi Police, who subsequently decided to close the case in August 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 August 2020|title=Delhi Police To Close Case On Violent Abuse And Threats Against Rana Ayyub|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/delhi-police-threats-against-rana-ayyub_in_5f2d22f2c5b6b9cff7f05ba5|first=Betwa|last=Sharma|access-date=22 October 2020|work=HuffPost India|language=en}}</ref> The [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|United Nations Human Rights office]] called on the authorities in India to "act urgently to protect" her from death threats following an online hate campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OHCHR {{!}} UN experts call on India to protect journalist Rana Ayyub from online hate campaign|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23126&LangID=E|access-date=24 December 2020|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> The US State department’s 2020 Human Rights Report specifically mentions the online trolling and death threats faced by Ayyub.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 March 2021|title='Media Outlets Critical of Govt Harassed, Pressured in India': US State Department Report|url=https://thewire.in/media/us-state-department-human-rights-report-press-freedom-narendra-modi-india|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401115043/https://thewire.in/media/us-state-department-human-rights-report-press-freedom-narendra-modi-india|archive-date=1 April 2021|access-date=12 April 2021|work=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=INDIA 2020 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INDIA-2020-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331044348/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INDIA-2020-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf|archive-date=31 March 2021|access-date=12 April 2021|website=US Department of State}}</ref>

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