Firdaus Kharas is a Canadian director and producer of animation, film and television media.
Kharas worked as a bureaucrat with the United Nations and as assistant deputy chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada is an independent administrative tribunal. The IRB is responsible for applying the Canadian federal Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and for making decisions on immigration and refugee matters...

, before becoming involved with media. Kharas directed and produced "The Three Amigos", a series of twenty animated public service announcements in multiple languages designed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. The series was been awarded the George Foster Peabody Award as well as other awards. He also produced the series "Buzz and Bite", a series of malaria prevention videos, as well as "No Excuses" an animated series about domestic violence

Domestic violence

Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...

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Kharas has received United Nations Peace Medal and the medal of the World Federation of United Nations Associations

World Federation of United Nations Associations

The World Federation of United Nations Associations was created in 1946, inspired by the opening words of the United Nations Charter "We the Peoples". Today it is a global network of people linked together through United Nations Associations in over 100 member states of the United Nations...

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Kharas was the executive Producer and the Director of "Magic Cellar", which was broadcast on HBO and many other countries throughout the world.