The awesome man

Faarah was born in 1954, in Oodwayne.  His mother had died when he was two years old. He lived only with his father and his younger sister called Aamina. He grew up in difficult life of no mother; nevertheless, he spent most of his time with his father, who was very entertaining for him. When he was eight years old, he went to his grandmother, who was living in Burco.  His grandmother liked education a lot, so, she took him into Quranic School.  From there he started his new field of education.

                Faarah made his grandmother very happy when he became the best student in the Quranic School. His grandmother could not believe the success that he has done for the first year. She asked her son, Ali, to let Jaamac be with her, and he accepted that request. She then decided to enroll him the public school. For his grandmother it was a little bit difficult to pay for his school, but she believed that Faarah was very clever and could not miss learning.  So she decided to take him to the school. She begged the principle to let Faarah learn for free. After a long discussion, they reached a compromise of paying once in two months. Faarah was much younger than all the other students were, but did his brain. He successfully finished the first year and he got the highest grade. He attracted the teachers’ attention. In turn they let him learn for free. He got a reward of huge bag full of books and pens, which was his ultimate weapon for the next year.Faarah’s interest of education combined with his grandmother’s encouragement pushed him even to study harder and continue his learning.

                The grandmother was really amazed with his success. She cares about him, and encourages him to continue his dedicating. She was really the only person, who cares about education, where all other members of the family did not like it that much. Faarah’s grandmother had died the first year of his high school. Faarah felt great regret for her death, but he could remember her words of encouragement, so he decided to continue his dedicating. After four years of working hard, he finished his high school and got one of the highest scores. One of the greatest universities in the south Somalia gave him scholarship. This university was called The Faculty of the Agriculture, and he studied and majored in agriculture. He chose this subject because at that time it was prosperous time of Somalia under the Siyad Barre’s government, and the farming was the mainstay of the economy. When he finished his university he succeeded to get three years of mastering in Philippine. Faarah  finished his mastering in Agriculture, and was really happy to come back to his country and use his knowledge. He came back to home in 1989, and he was ready to start his working in Moqdisho. Unfortunately, after few months of working, the civil war between the South and North Somalia had begun. He then fled to Hargeisa which was completely destroyed by the southern armies. He could not find any job in Hargeisa, so after few months of hard life, he moved to Ethiopia, where he fortunately found a job. He was there few years, and he finally came back to Hargeisa in 1999. From that day to now, he has been working for an agency called DRC, and at this moment he lives in Hargeisa with his six children in a very satisfied life.