Imran Garda
| Imran Garda | |
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| Born |
7 August 1982 Kagiso, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author, Television presenter |
| Years active | 14 |
| Notable credit(s) |
The Stream Inside Story Newshour Al Jazeera America News AJ+ The Thunder That Roars The Newsmakers Third Rail |
| Title | Presenter of The Newsmakers on TRT World |
| Awards | Olive Schreiner Prize |
| Website | www.imrangarda.com |
Imran Garda (7 August 1982, Kagiso, South Africa) is a journalist, presenter and award-winning novelist. He is the host of The Newsmakers on TRT World. He was formerly the host of Third Rail on Al Jazeera America based in New York City. Imran was also a senior presenter and producer for AJ+, Al Jazeera Media Network's all digital video news channel based in San Francisco. Previously, he worked for Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar and Washington, DC. He also hosted the award-winning show The Stream.
His media career began as a sports presenter and reporter for SuperSport in South Africa in 2002. He covered mostly cricket and football. While at Supersport he was published as a freelance writer on politics - which included a series on Bosnia-Herzegovina ten years after the Balkan Wars ended.
Garda worked in two different stints at Al Jazeera.
Imran joined Al Jazeera English in 2006 initially as a sports presenter but was moved to news during the piloting phase. He anchored the news and Inside Story from Doha, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC. He also hosted the award-winning (RTS) The Stream until he left the network in 2012. He reported from the US, Sudan, Turkey, Egypt, Namibia, Bahrain, Lesotho, India, South Africa and the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. 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. He also contributed feature articles and blog posts to Aljazeera.com and The Huffington Post. On 7 June 2012, Al Jazeera English announced that Imran would be returning to South Africa.
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