Ayyub joins a roster of Global Opinions writers covering India that includes Barkha Dutt.
Ayyub was previously an editor with Tehelka, an investigative magazine in India. She has reported on religious violence, extrajudicial killings by the state and insurgency and authored an international bestseller titled “Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-Up.” In a career spanning 13 years, she has been awarded the Sanskriti Award for Integrity and Excellence in journalism by the President of India. She was the recipient of the Global Shining Light award for investigative journalism in 2017 and the Most Resilient Global Journalist award of 2018 at the Peace Palace in The Hague.