Musicians, actors and artists
Nasib Farah (Nasiib Faarax)
Nasib Farah (born 1981) is a Danish-Somali filmmaker and journalist. He fled Mogadishu in 1990, was separated from his family, and grew up as an unaccompanied refugee at a Danish Red Cross centre. He starred in My Cousin the Pirate (2010) and directed the documentaries Warriors from the North (2015) and Lost Warrior (2018).
Nasib FarahNasiib Faarax
- Lived
- 1981 to today
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is he?
Nasib Farah is a Danish-Somali filmmaker (Wikipedia, Nasib Farah). He has also worked as a journalist, translator and production manager (same source).
Early life
He was born in Somalia in 1981 (Wikipedia). In 1990 he fled Mogadishu with his family as war broke out, but was separated from them (same source). He crossed into Ethiopia, flew to Germany and settled in Denmark (same source). He grew up as an unaccompanied refugee at the Danish Red Cross centre at Avnstrup, near Lejre (same source). See Somalis in Denmark.
Community work
He trained as a salesman and worked as a freelance journalist (Wikipedia). He set up a non-profit that offers tutoring and after-school activities for young Somalis, and started a community TV programme, Qaran TV, for Somalis in Denmark (same source).
Films
- My Cousin the Pirate (2010): he played a leading role in this film by Christian Sønderby Jepsen (Wikipedia).
- Warriors from the North (2015): his first documentary as director, shown at festivals abroad (same source).
- Lost Warrior (2018): co-directed with the Danish filmmaker Søren Steen Jespersen (same source).
In short
A Danish-Somali filmmaker who arrived in Denmark as an unaccompanied child refugee and directed Warriors from the North.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Nasib Farah · en.wikipedia.org
Nasib FarahNasiib Faarax
- Lived
- 1981 to today
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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