- published: 19 Jan 2016
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Imran Garda (7 August 1982, Kagiso, South Africa) is a presenter, working for the 24-hour news network's English division, Al Jazeera English, headquartered in the Middle East. His media career began as a sports presenter/reporter for Supersport in South Africa in 2002. While there he was published as a freelance writer on humanitarian, political and religious issues - which included a series on Bosnia-Herzegovina ten years after the Balkan Wars ended.
Imran joined Al Jazeera in 2006 and anchored the news and Inside Story from Doha, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC. He is currently hosting award-winning (RTS) The Stream. He reported from the US, Sudan, Turkey, Egypt, Namibia, Bahrain, Lesotho, India, South Africa and the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Garda hosted 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 contributes feature articles and blogposts to http://www.aljazeera.com/.