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Nasib Farah

b. 1982

Film director

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About Nasib Farah

Born 1982. Nasib Farah is a Danish and Somali film director.

Nasib Farah (born 1981), is a Danish–Somali filmmaker. He is notable as the director of critically acclaimed films My Cousin the Pirate, Warrior from the North and Lost warrior. Apart from filmmaking, he is also a journalist, translator, production manager, instructor assistant and philanthropist.

Personal life He was born in Somalia in 1981. In 1990 he fled Mogadishu with his family after civil war broke out in Somalia. However, he missed his family while escaping and he then escaped across the border to Ethiopia, before flying to Germany and finally settled in Denmark. Initially he was an unaccompanied refugee and later grew up at the Danish Red Cross Center Avnstrup near Lejre.

He is married to a Danish woman, with whom he has kids.

Career He trained as a salesman and worked as a freelance journalist for a few years. He later went on to create a non-profit organisation focused on helping other young Somalis through tutoring and after–school activities. Using the organisation to express his experiences, Farah started a community TV programme called 'Qaran TV' for the Somali community in Denmark. In 2018, he directed second documentary Lost Warrior along with Danish filmmaker Søren Steen Jespersen.

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1982, Somalia
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Who is Nasib Farah?

film director

When was Nasib Farah born?

Nasib Farah was born in 1982 in Somalia.

What is Nasib Farah's occupation?

Nasib Farah is a film director.

What nationality is Nasib Farah?

Nasib Farah is Danish and Somali.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nasib Farah

· Wikidata: Q39162708

· DBpedia: Nasib Farah

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