"energy-saving stride pattern, especially in the longer distances. Farah runs distance races tactically, a style which is aided by his quick sprint finish. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, to an Isaaq Somali family from Gabiley, Somaliland, Farah went on to be based in London and ran for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham from 2001 to 2011. Farah is the European record holder for the 1500 m, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon, and two miles, the British record holder for the 5000 m, the European indoor record holder for 5000 m, the British indoor"
"Mo Farah Sir Mohamed ""Mo"" Muktar Jama Farah, (born 23 March 1983) is a British distance runner. The most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history, he is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m. Farah is the second athlete in modern Olympic Games history, after Lasse Virén, to win both the 5000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive Olympic Games. He also completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics. He was the second man in history, after Kenenisa Bekele, to win long-distance"
"Nuruddin Farah Nuruddin Farah (, ) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s he has lived and taught in numerous countries, including the United States, England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa. Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world, his prose having earned him accolades including the Premio Cavour in Italy, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize in Sweden, the Lettre Ulysses Award in Berlin, and in"
"Cristina Ali Farah Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian writer of Somali and Italian origin. Born in Italy to a Somali father and an Italian mother, Farah grew up in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She attended an Italian school there until the Somalia Civil War broke out in 1991. Farah and her family subsequently relocated to Pécs, Hungary, but then later moved back to her birthplace, Verona, Italy. There, she obtained an ""Italian Lettere"" University degree at La Sapienza University in Rome, where she currently resides. Since 1999, Farah has been involved in intercultural"
"Mogadishu but grew up in Djibouti and moved to the UK aged eight. He generally competes in the 5,000 metres event, having won his first major title at the European Athletics Junior Championships in 2001. Farah also competes in cross-country running, where in December 2006, he became European champion in Italy. He holds the British indoor record in the 3000 metres. In 2010, Farah earned Great Britain its first ever gold medal in the 10,000 metre event at the European Athletics Championships, as well as a second gold in the 5,000 metres. Since winter 2011, Farah and his wife and"
"the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In 2013, Warsan Shire was also selected from a shortlist of six young bards as the first Young Poet Laureate for London, part of the London Legacy Development Corporation's Spoke programme in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding area. Additionally, visual artist and writer Diriye Osman's short stories have garnered literary recognition, as has comedian and actor Prince Abdi's stand-up. Somali athletes in the UK include Mo Farah, a long-distance runner who won the gold medals in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Farah was born in"
"Muslim ban."" British long distance runner Sir Mo Farah, who was born in Somalia but holds only a British passport and lives and trains in Oregon, said that ""Trump seems to have made me an alien"" and that it was ""deeply troubling"" that he would be unable to train in Oregon or reunite with his family under the terms of the executive order; he also called attention to the difference between Trump's actions and those of Queen Elizabeth II, who had knighted Farah earlier in the year. After clarification, Farah said he was ""relieved"" he would be able to return"
"George Farah George Farah (born 1978) is an American author, attorney, pro-democracy activist and political commentator. Farah was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 1978 and moved to the United States. In 2000, Farah graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 2005, he graduated from Harvard Law School with a J.D. He was the recipient of a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Farah lives in New York City with his wife. U.S. News & World Report described Farah as a ""political debate expert and election watch dog."""
"as a contributor to peer reviewed publications such as the ""Journal of International Affairs"" and analysis pieces for ""Foreign Policy"" and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Farah was born on July 22, 1957 and spent his childhood traveling the world with his missionary parents. He graduated from high school in 1974 from the American Cooperative School in La Paz. After traveling around Latin America and working odd jobs, Farah began attending the University of Kansas in 1980. He graduated in 1985 with a B.A. in Latin American Studies and a B.S. in Journalism. During this time he"
"support their affordable housing campaign; served as a Trustee of the Hopkins House, which provides education programs to children from low-income families; and volunteered as a regional coordinator for MoveOn.org to facilitate the election of Democrats to Congress. George Farah George Farah (born 1978) is an American author, attorney, pro-democracy activist and political commentator. Farah was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 1978 and moved to the United States. In 2000, Farah graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 2005, he graduated from Harvard Law School with a J.D. He"
"and they have a son and a daughter. In 1990, he received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and moved to Berlin. In 1996, he visited Somalia for the first time in more than 20 years. Farah's sister Basra Farah Hassan, a diplomat, was killed in a bombing in January 2014 while working with the United Nations in Kabul, Afghanistan. Farah currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Cape Town, South Africa. After releasing an early short story in his native Somali language, Farah shifted to writing in English while still attending university in India. His books have been"
"Elias Farah Elias Farah (1927–2013), was a Syrian writer and thinker, born in 1927 in the city of Jisr al-Shughur. Upon graduating with a degree in literature from Syrian University, he started his teaching career in Aleppo. Later on, Farah pursued his graduate studies at the University of Geneva in Switzerland where he studied under professor Jean Piaget and earned a doctorate in education and psychology in 1964. He was close to the late Michel Aflaq, the founder of the Baath party. Farah left Syria after the 1966 Syrian coup d'état that was carried out by the military wing of"
"Buddy Farah Buddy Farah (Arabic: بادي فرح; born 18 August 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football agent and a former footballer of Lebanese Maronite descent. After beginning his career with Marconi Stallions in the Australian National Soccer League, he went on to play for Nejmeh in the Lebanese Premier League and Keflavík in the Iceland Úrvalsdeild before retiring in 2008. Farah represented the Australia Under-23 team prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics and Lebanon from 2000 to 2004. Farah played youth football for Australian National Soccer League club Marconi Stallions where he joined the club's first-team in 1997."
"Zamzam Mohamed Farah Zamzam Mohamed Farah (born 19 March 1991) is a Somali female athlete from Mogadishu who competes in the Women's 400m. She was one of only two Somali athletes in the London 2012 Games. Farah was inspired by Mo Farah, a British Somali athlete to take up running. She competed in the London 2012 Olympics at the age of 18 years where she participated in the 400m. She also was the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The facilities she trained in lacked proper equipment. In order to prepare for the Olympics, she and her teammates trained"
"to hold dual Polish citizenship. According to TVP Info, a Polish news channel, Farah's candidacy enjoyed as much as 70% approval among Somali voters, making him a credible presidential candidate in the election, which is scheduled for 2016. Abdulcadir Gabeire Farah was killed in a car bomb attack on the grounds of the Somalian Presidential Palace on September 21, 2015. Farah had been in Mogadishu to preparation for his presidential bid. The bombing, which was blamed on the Al-Shabaab terrorist group, killed at least eleven people, including Farah and a second Polish citizen, and injured at least 22 other victims."
"the capital city of Jordan, surrounded by Middle Eastern music. At the age of three she began studying classical piano and music theory. Her first solo performance was at the age of four when she performed at the Royal Cultural Center, Amman. She continued her musical journey and by the age of sixteen was known as one of Jordan’s youngest composers. Following her years in Jordan, Farah moved to Spain with her family. She started her musical education attending Trinity College of Music, London, where she obtained a diploma in Music Composition and then graduated from Berklee College of Music"
"running for the United States and the defending champion Mo Farah running for Great Britain were born in Somalia. Andrew Butchart was a second British finalist, and David Torrence, an American-born athlete, ran for Peru. During the first preliminary heat, Mead's front foot met Farah's back foot, both runners stumbling, Mead crashing to the track. Farah righted himself and continued on to the finish, qualifying third. After the race a protest was filed by the United States and Mead was advanced to the final. This race was the completion of Farah's attempt to complete the second Woolworth double (5 and"
"go away, and it will drive a wedge in an already divided public."" Despite the release of Obama's notarized birth certificate abstract, Farah demanded that Obama release his ""long-form"" birth certificate and pledged $15,000 to the hospital where Obama was born upon the release of said document. When Obama finally released the long-form birth certificate, he called it ""fraudulent,"" and disowned the pledge. Joseph Farah Joseph Francis Farah (born July 6, 1954) is an American author, journalist and editor-in-chief of the conservative website ""WorldNetDaily"" ""(WND)"". Farah was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on July 6, 1954, to parents of Syrian"
"Party, many of which were translated to several languages. Elias Farah Elias Farah (1927–2013), was a Syrian writer and thinker, born in 1927 in the city of Jisr al-Shughur. Upon graduating with a degree in literature from Syrian University, he started his teaching career in Aleppo. Later on, Farah pursued his graduate studies at the University of Geneva in Switzerland where he studied under professor Jean Piaget and earned a doctorate in education and psychology in 1964. He was close to the late Michel Aflaq, the founder of the Baath party. Farah left Syria after the 1966 Syrian coup d'état"
"the Unicode range 10480-104AF [from U+10480 – U+104AF (66688–66735)]. The Somali writer Nuruddin Farah has also garnered acclaim as perhaps the most celebrated writer ever to come out of the Horn of Africa. Having published many short stories, novels and essays, Farah's prose has earned him, among other accolades, the Premio Cavour in Italy, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize in Sweden, and in 1998, the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In the same year, the French edition of his novel ""Gifts"" also won the St. Malo Literature Festival's prize. The music of the Ethiopian highlands uses a unique modal system"
"In 2014 she published her second novel, ""Il comandante del fiume"". She participated in the University of Iowa's prestigious International Writing Program in Fall 2017 and she has been invited to the MEET (Maison des Ecrivains et Traducteurs de Saint-Nazaire) Residency 2018. Cristina Ali Farah Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian writer of Somali and Italian origin. Born in Italy to a Somali father and an Italian mother, Farah grew up in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She attended an Italian school there until the Somalia Civil War broke out in 1991. Farah and her"
"such as IDFA and Sundance. In 2012 the Dutch director Kees Roorda made a theater play inspired by the life of Farah Pahlavi in exile. In the play Liz Snoijink acted as Farah Diba. |- Farah Pahlavi Farah Pahlavi (, née Farah Diba ; born 14 October 1938) is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the exiled ""shahbanu"" (empress) of Iran. Farah Diba was born on 14 October 1938 in Tehran to an upper-class family. Born as Farah Diba, she was the only child of Captain Sohrab Diba (1899–1948) and his wife, Farideh Ghotbi (1920–2000). Farah's father's family is"
"Alain Farah Alain Farah is a Canadian writer and academic. Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1979 to Lebanese immigrant parents, he has published two novels and a collection of poetry. His 2004 poetry collection ""Quelque chose se détache du port"" was a shortlisted nominee for the Prix Émile-Nelligan, and his poem ""No. 4"" was adapted as a short film by director Paule Baillargeon for the 2007 film ""Un Cri au bonheur"". His 2013 novel ""Pourquoi Bologne"" was a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 ""Grand Prix du livre de Montreal"" and for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the"
"Joseph Farah Joseph Francis Farah (born July 6, 1954) is an American author, journalist and editor-in-chief of the conservative website ""WorldNetDaily"" ""(WND)"". Farah was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on July 6, 1954, to parents of Syrian and Lebanese ancestry. His father was a schoolteacher. He graduated from William Paterson University, in Wayne, New Jersey with a B.A. in Communications. He is married to Elizabeth Farah and is a conservative evangelical Christian. Farah worked for six years as executive news editor at the ""Los Angeles Herald Examiner"". On July 22, 1990, Farah became editor of the ""Sacramento Union"". The paper"
"through social activism. He co-founded the Foundation for Somalia (""Fundacja dla Somalii""), headquartered in Poland, with Jolanta Opalińska in 2007. Farah became the President of the Foundation on October 2010. The Foundation's initial goal was to fundraise for the renovation of a hospital in Adado, located in the Galguduud region of central Somalia, as well as to provide funding for a children's home in Godenlabe. However, Farah expanded to the Foundation's mission to include programs and services not just for Somalis and other African immigrants, but for all migrant communities in Poland, regardless of country of origin. His organization offers"
"Farhad Moshiri Ardavan Farhad Moshiri (; born 18 May 1955) is an Iranian businessman and investor who resides in Monaco. Moshiri owns and has shares in numerous steel and energy companies in the UK and Russia, as well as a 68.6% stake in Everton F.C.. Moshiri was born in Iran, and his parents left just before the revolution in 1979. Moshiri has said that his father was ""an army doctor who trained as a pathologist and later became a senior military judge"", and his mother ""came from Iran's leading publishing house, ""Kayhan""."" He was educated at University College London, and"
"cabinet. He served as Minister of State for Fishing and Sea resources. In 2004, he again became a member of the transitional government's parliament and cabinet, and he was the Finance Minister in Somalia's federal government.It states that mire hagi farah was one of the majeerteen sultanates which now till this date majeerteen is a region. Mire Hagi Farah Mohamed Dr. Mire Hagi Farah Yusuf () (1962 - 12 October 2006) was a Somali politician. He was born in Qandala, and educated at Somali Polytechnical School, Mogadisho, and in the USA, where he studied economics and political science. He returned"
"was the first athlete from Somalia to win a gold medal at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics when he became 1500 metre champion at the 1987 World Championships. Mo Farah has also won three World Championship golds and two Olympic golds at the 2012 London Olympics in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. In the martial arts, Faisal Jeylani Aweys and Mohamed Deq Abdulle took home a silver medal and fourth place, respectively, at the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup in Tongeren. The Somali National Olympic committee has devised a special support program to ensure continued success in future"
"Ogaden. He studied English, Arabic and Amharic. In 1963, three years after Somalia's independence, he was forced to flee the Ogaden following serious border conflicts. From 1966 to 1970, he pursued a degree in philosophy, literature and sociology at Panjab University in Chandigarh, India, where he met his first wife, Chitra Muliyil Farah, with whom he had a son (the marriage later ended in divorce). Farah subsequently went to England, attending London University (1974–75) and studying for a master's degree in theatre at Essex University (1975–76). His mother died in 1990, and in 1992 he married British-Nigerian academic Amina Mama"
"Mo Farah, the Somali-born Olympic gold medalist, joined legislators and activists in a campaign urging Barclays Bank to repeal its decision to withdraw from the UK remittance market. On 5 November 2013, the High Court in London granted an interim injunction preserving the banking arrangement between Dahabshiil and Barclays until the conclusion of a full trial. Judge Launcelot Henderson described Barclays' decision to terminate Dahabshiil's account as ""unfair"", and requested a detailed examination into the reasons behind the bank's decision. In February 2009, Peter Finn writing in ""The Washington Post"", cited allegations that Guantanamo captive Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, while working"
"(produced Mogadiscio, 1970), ""The Offering"" (produced Colchester, Essex, 1975), ""Yussuf and His Brothers"" (produced Jos, Nigeria, 1982) — and for radio: ""Tartar Delight"", 1980 (Germany), and ""A Spread of Butter"". Besides literature, Farah is an important scholar within Somali Studies. He serves on the International Advisory Board of ""Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies"", published by Macalester College. Nuruddin Farah Nuruddin Farah (, ) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s he has lived and"
"had been told by Salazar he was not involved in Mary Slaney's career at the time she tested positive for testosterone but this version of Salazar's history has been challenged. In February 2017 Farah issued a statement in which he claimed to be a ""clean athlete"" after a leaked report suggested Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules to boost the performance of some of his athletes. All information from Association of Road Racing Statisticians. + intermediate split in longer race<br>a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 Mo Farah Sir Mohamed ""Mo"" Muktar Jama Farah, (born 23 March"
"competitions without visa issues. Farah's first major title was at 5000 metres at the European Athletics Junior Championship in 2001, the same year that he began training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. That year, Farah became one of the first two athletes in the newly formed Endurance Performance Centre at St Mary's. He lived and trained at the College, and took some modules in an access course before becoming a full-time athlete as his career progressed. In 2005, Farah moved in with Australian Craig Mottram and a group of Kenyan runners that included 10,000 m world number one Micah"