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Lessons we can learn from the secret life of Sir Mo

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As for news it turns out, is that most of what we thought we knew about Mo Farah was wrong. Yes, he is a great runner, and there is no doubt about that. But instead of legally immigrating to Great Britain from war-torn Somalia as a young man, as one might expect, the truth is far more complex – and compelling. On Tuesday, as part of some pre-publicity for a documentary to be released on Wednesday, word broke that Mo Farah was not her real name but someone else’s, and instead of arriving legally with her parents, she was illegally trafficked to the UK. . at the age of nine and spent his first years in the country doing what is essentially the same as unpaid child labour. “Most people know me as Mo Farah, but that’s not my name, or it’s not reality,” Farah said under the barrel of the camera. “The real story is that I was born as Husein Abdi Kahin. Despite what I have said in the past, my parents never lived in England.” Get? He was an illegal imm...

Sir Mo Farah revealed that he was trafficked to England as a child

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Sir Mohamed Farah – Britain’s most successful runner – has revealed he was a victim of illegal trafficking when he was a child. Key points: Farah was brought to England illegally by a woman she had never met when she was nine years old Olympians are forced to do housework and childcare and are not allowed to attend school for three years Since becoming a British citizen, Farah has become the country’s most successful male long-distance runner In a documentary called “The Real Mo Farah” to be shown on the BBC this week, Farah says she was flown to England from Djibouti at the age of nine by a woman she had never met, was given a new name, and then forced to look after her. other family children. “The truth is, I’m not what you think I am,” he said. The long-distance runner has previously said he came to Britain from Somalia with his parents as refugees. “The real story is that I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahi...