1. Imran Garda was born on 7 August 1982 and is a South African journalist, presenter, and novelist.
15 Facts About Imran Garda
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Imran Garda was formerly the host of Third Rail on Al Jazeera America based in New York City.
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Imran Garda was a senior presenter and producer for AJ+, Al Jazeera Media Network's all digital video news channel based in San Francisco.
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Imran Garda joined Al Jazeera English in 2006 initially as a sports presenter, but was moved to news during the piloting phase.
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Imran Garda anchored the news and Inside Story from Doha, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC.
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Imran Garda hosted the award-winning The Stream until he left the network in 2012.
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Imran Garda reported from the US, Sudan, Turkey, Egypt, Namibia, Bahrain, Lesotho, India, South Africa and the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
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Imran Garda hosted a 13-part series on the aftermath of the War in Gaza - Focus on Gaza and presented the long-form documentaries The Father of the Turks, A Voyage of Life and Death and India's Silent War.
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Imran Garda contributed feature articles and blog posts to Aljazeera.
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On 7 June 2012, Al Jazeera English announced that Imran Garda would be returning to South Africa.
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In 2013, Imran Garda returned to the network for the network's digital channel AJ+ based in San Francisco, California where he specialized in short documentaries, including a special on Black Lives Matter protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Imran Garda documented the challenges of doing journalism in the country.
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In 2022, Imran Garda launched The InnerView, a one-on-one interview program for which he serves as executive producer.
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Imran Garda has had the opportunity to interview non-state actors from the likes of Hamas, Somali rebel groups, Chechen rebels, Uganda's LRA, and other designated terror groups.
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Imran Garda has chaired panels for the World Humanitarian Summit, United Nations Human Rights Council, UN Migration, TRT World Forum, Antalya Diplomacy Forum and Advertising Week.