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Aged 8, Farah and his twin, Hassan, were sent to live with his uncle in Djibouti. Shortly after, Farah says he was brought to the UK by a woman he did not know, and told to use the name Mohamed Farah, taken from another child. [21] Once in London, he was forced to work for her and her family, and prevented from contacting his own. [21]
Jul 16, 2022 · Sir Mo says he was about eight or nine years old when he was taken from home to stay with family in Djibouti. He was then flown over to the UK by a woman he had never met and wasn't...
Sep 21, 2024 · Mo Farah (born March 23, 1983, Somalia) is a Somalian-born British distance runner who won gold medals in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre races at both the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. According to initial accounts of his childhood, he and his twin brother, Hassan Farah, were born in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Jul 13, 2022 · In a special interview, the Olympic legend told the BBC that he was taken from Djibouti in east Africa, when he was about eight or nine-years-old, and flown to the UK by someone he'd...
Jul 12, 2022 · Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK aged 9. The four-time Olympic gold medallist was given a new name and forced to work as a domestic servant. By Howard Calvert Published: 12 July...
Jul 12, 2022 · During the documentary, Sir Mo said he thought he was going to Europe to live with relatives and recalled going through a UK passport check under the guise of Mohamed at the age of nine.
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Jul 13, 2022 · In his 2013 autobiography, Farah claimed that he was born in Mogadishu, and came to the UK as a child with his mum and two of his brothers to live with his dad. But this is false.
