Safoora Zargar is an M.Phil student at Jamia Millia Islamia, who belongs to Kishtwar district of Jammu region in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. She is known for her role in student activism and the Citizenship Amendment Act protests.
Wiki/Biography
Safoora Zargar was born in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir in 1993 (current age 30; as of 2023). She grew up in Delhi and NCR. Safoora spent most of her schooling in Faridabad. After graduating from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, Safoora went to Jamia Millia Islamia University (New Delhi) to pursue her Masters in Sociology. In 2019, she pursued her Masters in Sociology at Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Safoora Zargar and her friends at Jamia Millia Islamia
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 4″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Safoora Zargar and Arundhati Roy
Family and caste
Safoora Zargar belongs to a Muslim family in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Parents and siblings
Safoora Zargar’s father, Shabir Hussain Zargar, is a retired Indian government employee who worked in a state-owned enterprise. Her mother is a housewife. Safoora has an elder sister, Sameeya Zargar.
Relationships, husbands and children
On October 6, 2018, Safoora Zargar married Saboor Ahmed Sirwal in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, in an arranged marriage.
Safoora Zargar and her husband Saboor Ahmed Sirwal
Wedding Photos
Protests against the Citizenship Act
While pursuing her Masters in Philosophy at Jamia Millia Islamia University, Safoula became a member of the Media Cell of the Jamia Coordination Committee, which is said to be one of the main bodies that sparked the anti-CAA protests in the country. Safoula has been campaigning extensively against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi and across the National Capital Region. She has led many anti-CAA protests in the region. During one of the protests on February 10, 2020, she fainted during an scuffle between the police and students.
Safoora Zargar at the anti-CAA protest
dispute
On April 10, 2020, Delhi Police arrested Safoora Zargar from her residence in Delhi in connection with FIR 48/2020 in connection with the Jaffrabad roadblock case. Delhi Police had accused her of being the main “conspirator” in the violence that broke out at Jafrabad metro station in northeast Delhi on February 22 and 23, 2020. At least 53 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in the violence.
Safoora Zargar protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act
On April 11, 2020, Safra was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court and subsequently spent two days in police custody. Although she was granted bail on April 13, 2020, she was again arrested the same day in another case related to FIR 59/2020 and on April 20, 2020, the Delhi Police filed some more charges against her.
Copy of FIR against Safoora Zargar
Safra Zagar has also been charged with violations of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Zagar has reportedly been charged with as many as 18 counts, including rioting, possession of weapons, attempt to murder, inciting violence, sedition, murder, and promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion. Safra has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail since April 15, 2020. She was reportedly kept in solitary confinement in the jail for nearly two weeks to protect her and her unborn child from COVID-19. On June 4, 2020, the Patiala House Court in Delhi denied bail to Safra Zagar for her alleged involvement in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. While rejecting her bail application, Justice Dharmendra Rana said,
When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind for blowing the spark too far and spreading it. The acts and inflammatory statements of the conspirators are admissible even against the applicant/accused under Section 10 of the Indian Evidence.”
On June 24, 2020, she was granted bail by the Delhi High Court. Safoora applied for bail on the grounds of pregnancy and serious health problems. On February 4, 2023, a trial court in Delhi released 11 accused in the 2019 Jamia violence case, including Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and six others. After the trial court’s verdict, the Delhi Police challenged the High Court and on March 28, 2023, the Delhi High Court quashed the release of Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and six others. The prosecution claimed that the accused participated in mob activities, chanted slogans of “Delhi Police Murdabad” and consciously took part in an unlawful assembly. Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma supported this view and he sentenced the accused.
Pregnancy and social media trolls
According to reports, Safra was three months pregnant when she was arrested. As soon as the pregnancy report came out, social media was flooded with trolls criticizing her for getting pregnant before marriage. Many people began to discredit her on social media and shared irrelevant photos and videos of her. In a couple sex video, people claimed that Safra was in the video; however, it was later discovered that the person in the video was not Safra, but a PornHub model Selena Banks.
Zafra Zagar Troll
Favorites
- Hotel: Eros Hotel New Delhi
- Clothing brand: Jack Jones
- Novelist: George R.R. Martin
Safoora Zargar holds George RR Martin bestseller box
Facts/Trivia
- Since she grew up in Delhi, she lacks typical Kashmiri features or a Kashmiri accent.
- When five-year-old Safra was attending a school in Delhi, she was the only Muslim in her class.
- In an interview, she recalled her childhood and said that while studying at a school in Delhi, she was often ridiculed for being a Muslim and her classmates often called her –
You are a terrorist, go back to Pakistan.”
- When asked about being seen as an outsider in Delhi, she said:
I am from Delhi and have lived here for 20 years. I grew up here, studied at Delhi University and am now doing my Masters. Why should I be considered an outsider? ”
- Safoora loves reading, writing and travelling; she is also a civil services candidate.
- She enjoys reading and reciting poetry.
- During her graduation at Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, Safra was part of the Women’s Development Group and also ran a campus magazine.
- Safoora worked in marketing for nearly a year and a half before pursuing a master’s degree in sociology at Jamia University.
- According to her sister Sameeya Zargar, Safra suffered from polycystic ovary disease (PCOD) and urinary tract infection (UTI).
- In 2018, she widely protested against the Kathua rape case.
Safoora Zargar protests against Kathua rape case
- In 2018, she also protested against unrest in Syria.
Safoora Zargar holds a Free Syria sign
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education