Farah is a researcher (Lecturer) at Red Sea University, Galkaio, Somalia. He did his DVM at Jimma University, Ethiopia and currently doing his M.Sc. at Pan African University, Life and Earth Science Institute (PAULESI), University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He recently finished and published two projects in central Somalia. One was studying the distribution of Ixodid ticks in Mudug in the area while the other project was an evaluation of the rational use of veterinary drugs.