var s_media = '<strong>&nbsp;<br /></strong><strong>See here for <a href="interviews.html"><strong>Interviews With Firdaus Kharas</strong></a></strong><br /><hr width="100%" size="2" /><strong><br />A few comments about Mr. Kharas are given below.&nbsp; <br /><br />Comments about Mr. Kharas\' works are not included here. </strong>Several thousand Internet sites in many languages carry articles, reviews, commentaries and papers on Mr. Kharas\' work.&nbsp; As a result, links are not provided here.<br /><br /><strong>&quot;We need efforts like yours... a powerful communicating tool to encourage people to change their behaviour... an outstanding contribution...&quot;<br /></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;&nbsp; Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu<br /></em><strong><br />&quot;...I know you will join me... to recognize an amazing Canadian who makes us all proud of the great difference he is making in the lives of people all over the world&quot;</strong><em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Senator Mobina Jaffer in the Senate of Canada&nbsp; <br /></em><strong>&nbsp; </strong><div><strong>&quot;...one of the world\'s top animation producers&quot;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  </strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;  Informer</em><strong><br /><br />&quot;Acclaimed Canadian producer...&quot;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;  </strong><em>The Times of India<br /><br /></em><strong>&quot;...the internationally renowned Firdaus Kharas of Canada&quot;</strong><em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;  Screen Africa<br /><br /></em><strong>&quot;Firdaus Kharas, an outstanding television and animation producer...&quot;</strong><em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From the book Creative Dissent<br /></em><strong><br />&quot;Breaking new ground in form and content&hellip;&rdquo;</strong></div><div><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Animation Insider<br /><br /></em><strong>&quot;A very powerful tool in communicating to people...&quot;<br /></strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;United Nations Under-Secretary-General<br /><br /></em><strong>&quot;...one of the world\'s top animation producers&quot;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;  </strong><em>Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking</em><strong></strong></div><div><strong>&nbsp; </strong><div><strong>&quot;Ground breaking&quot;<br /></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Africa Film &amp; TV<br /><br /></em><strong>&quot;...remarkably cross-cultural...&quot;<br /></strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<br /><br /></em><strong>&quot;...one of the richest veins of culture...&quot;</strong><em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;  The New York Times<br /></em><em><br /></em></div><strong></strong></div><strong><strong>&ldquo;&hellip;animated series is the world&rsquo;s best&rdquo;</strong></strong><div><strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><em>Sunday Tribune</em></div><div><strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><strong>&ldquo;...great animation and superb production&rdquo;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong><em>&nbsp;AllFolkTales</em></div><div><strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><strong>&ldquo;Superbly produced animated series...&rdquo;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></em></strong><em>The Star</em></div><div><strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><strong>&ldquo;A celebration of culture and an innovative exploration of the animated medium.&rdquo;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></em></strong><em>Animation Insider</em><strong><em><br /><br /></em></strong><div><strong><strong>&ldquo;&hellip;fantastic work done by producer Firdaus Kharas...to save lives around the world&rdquo;</strong></strong></div><div><strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><em>Focus</em><strong><br /><br /><br /></strong></div></div>';