Imran Garda

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Imran Garda
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Imran Garda is a news anchor for Al Jazeera English. Since the channel's launch he has anchored the news and the current affairs show "Inside Story" from Doha. Imran also anchored from our broadcast centres in Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC, where he is now based. He has also field-reported from Sudan, Turkey, Egypt, Namibia, Bahrain, Lesotho, India and South Africa; and has also presented the long-form documentaries "The Father of the Turks" and "A Voyage of Life and Death". Imran hosted a 13-part series on the aftermath of the War in Gaza, called "Focus on Gaza" and also regularly contributes articles to the "Focus" section of www.aljazeera.net/english. Among the politicians and personalities he has interviewed are: Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, US Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill, Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dan Gillerman, Former UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide, Former Irish President Mary Robinson, Former IAEA Chief Hans Blix and his deputy Bruno Pellaud, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo, Former UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes and Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic. He has interviewed spokespersons, ministers and secretaries from the governments of The United States, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, India and Pakistan, among others. His media career began as a Sports Presenter/Reporter for Supersport in South Africa in 2002 at the age of 20 - during which he would also do freelance writing on political, humanitarian and religious affairs.

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By Imran Garda in Americas on February 4th, 2012
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would not yield to the pressure of sanctions imposed by the West. [AFP]

A few months ago I had an email exchange with the former Deputy Director General of The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Bruno Pellaud. 

By Imran Garda in Americas on January 30th, 2012
Phillip 'The Cat In The Hat' Black sells newspapers in Washington

"I know them all. This one on the wheelchair, with everybody around her. She sells heroin. That guy who’s looking at you like that - he’s high on crack. Don't take a picture of him or you might not get home to your daughters alive."

I first met Phillip Black on a corner of cosmopolitan F Street in Washington, a few stops away from Ford’s Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was shot, and almost within earshot of the White House.

By Imran Garda in Asia on September 21st, 2011
Adivasi man displaced from his home to make way for a steel plant in Orissa, India [Al Jazeera/Imran Garda]

These are segments from my notebook, while filming India’s Silent War between the Maoists and the government - a battle that affects many of India’s almost 90 million "Aboriginals" or Adivasis - the original inhabitants of the land Indians who live deep in the jungles of the east and central parts of the country. 

Over 10,000 people have been killed over the past 3 decades alone. Adivasis have faced brutality from both sides and millions of them have been displaced to make way for mining projects and factories on their fertile, mineral-rich land in an area the government calls "The Red Corridor". This is one of the world’s forgotten stories.

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Adivasi woman, Orissa State, India. [Imran Garda]

By Imran Garda in Americas on September 6th, 2011

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"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" — 

George W. Bush
Florence, South Carolina; January 11, 2000


A commemorative 9/11 colouring book that rapidly sold out its initial ten thousand print run has opened up a vista to a few uncomfortable questions on the ten year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

The Stream discussed this and gauged the online community’s reaction to the comic books.

By Imran Garda in Americas on July 7th, 2011
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darling. n. 

Last known positive description, after ally, to describe third world leader before we start using strongman, dictator.

Darwin, charles. n.

Bearded man most hated by bearded men.

dead. n.

See newsworthy.

debate. n. 

Enjoyable, if somewhat heated political game played by both blue and red wings of the business party in the United States.

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By Imran Garda in Americas on July 2nd, 2011
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Journalist Johann Hari's admission of plagiarism from previous texts and incorporating them into the dialogue of his interviews has provided manna from heaven for those of us who have nothing better to do with ourselves.

Tags: Paul Rhys
By Imran Garda in Americas on June 24th, 2011
Picture by AFP

 

caliphate. n.

Future involving Ayman Al-Zawahiri sitting on a throne watching bearded footballers in long shorts contesting the Islamic Cup final in Seville.

 

capitalism.

By Imran Garda in Americas on June 19th, 2011
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baggage. n.

Part of travelling entourage left unfondled by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

 

bailout. n.

Urgent taxpayer-funded cash payment for upgrade of banking executive’s yacht after financial crisis.

 

Bahrain.

By Imran Garda in Americas on June 13th, 2011
Photo by GALLO/GETTY

academic. adj.

Man in bow-tie. Usually represents think-tank or university.

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By Imran Garda in Americas on May 4th, 2011
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"1010 Wisconsin Avenue please," I said, as I shuffled into the back seat of my taxi, snappily pronouncing the digits as "ten-ten".

The cabbie had the frustrated, sweaty look of a smoker trying to quit: big stocky fingers wrapped around his steering wheel, and what looked like a normally well-cultivated moustache that had missed a day or two of TLC from its owner.

"1010 wisconsin, huh? Why not 9-9 Jefferson? Or 8-8 Lincoln? Or 7-7 Washington"

A tiny flush of insecurity gripped me for a second. I was sure that Wisconsin Ave was named after a state, and the state in turn named after a river. Did I miss a former President called Wisconsin?

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