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Faris Nimr

Faris Nimr (فارس نمر) was a Syrian-born journalist and publisher who co-founded al-Muqattam in Cairo in 1889 and the bilingual al-Sudan in Khartoum in 1903.

Farish A. Noor

Farish A. Noor, full name Farish Ahmad Noor, is a Malaysian political scientist and historian of political Islam and Southeast Asia's colonial history, a professor at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia since 2024.

Fariza Ongarsynova

Fariza Ongarsynova (Фариза Оңғарсынова; 1939–2014) was a Kazakh poet, journalist, and public figure, named People's Writer of Kazakhstan, known for poems on the steppe and the fate of Kazakh women.

Farizon Auto (远程汽车)

Farizon Auto (远程汽车) is a Chinese maker of new energy commercial vehicles founded in 2014 as a Geely Holding subsidiary, China's best-selling new energy commercial vehicle brand through 2025.

Farizon SV (远程)

The Farizon SV (远程), sold as the SuperVan in China, is a large battery-electric panel van from Farizon Auto, Geely's commercial vehicle brand, launched in 2024.

Färjestad BK

Färjestad BK (Färjestad Bollklubb), ice hockey club from Karlstad, Sweden, founded 10 November 1932 as a bandy club. Ten Swedish titles, 21 finals, every SHL season since 1975; home at 8,500-seat Löfbergs Arena.

Farkle

Farkle, also known as Ten Thousand, Zilch, Greed, or Dix Mille, is a push-your-luck dice game with six dice played to 10,000 points; a non-scoring roll (a farkle) wipes out the turn's unbanked points, and hot dice rerolls all six.

Farletuzumab

Farletuzumab (MORAb-003) is a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody against folate receptor alpha for ovarian cancer; its phase III trials missed PFS endpoints, and it now anchors the ADC farletuzumab ecteribulin (MORAb-202).

Farley Granger

Farley Granger (1925–2011), American actor and Goldwyn contract star, best known for Hitchcock's Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951), also They Live by Night and Senso; bisexual, memoir Include Me Out (2007).

Farley Heath

Farley Heath, Albury, Surrey: site of a scheduled Romano-Celtic temple with cella and ambulatory inside an irregular polygonal temenos of about 1.2 ha, excavated 1848, 1926, 1939, and the 1990s, with finds from the Neolithic to the 5th century.

Farley Mowat

Farley McGill Mowat (1921–2014), Canadian author and naturalist, author of People of the Deer, Never Cry Wolf, and Lost in the Barrens; famed for Arctic wildlife and Inuit advocacy, the 1996 fabrication controversy, and the Order of Canada.

Farm

Farm: an agricultural holding of land, labor, capital, and management producing crops or livestock. Also called family farm when household-operated; FAO definitions, farm systems, and the farm size-productivity relationship distinguish it from agribusiness.

Farm Aid

Farm Aid is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp after Bob Dylan's Live Aid remark, known for its annual benefit festival, the 1-800-FARM-AID hotline, and over $90 million raised for family farmers.

Farm Animal Welfare Committee

The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) was a body of experts that advised Defra and the Scottish and Welsh governments on the treatment of farmed animals from 2011.

Farm animal welfare organizations

Farm animal welfare organizations are charities, professional associations, and federations dedicated to improving the treatment of livestock raised for food, through campaigning, legislation, and certification.

Farm assurance

Farm assurance: voluntary certification schemes, mainly in the UK, where independent auditors check farms against standards for food safety, traceability, and animal welfare; developed after the BSE crisis, dominated by Red Tractor, reformed after the 2025 Farm Assurance Review.

Farm cat

Farm cat (barn cat, working cat): an outdoor Felis catus kept on farms for rodent control, continuing a commensal cat-human relationship begun in the Near East about 9,000 years ago; effectiveness debated, with Toxoplasma and wildlife risks.

Farm Fresh (company)

Farm Fresh Berhad (FFB, formerly The Holstein Milk Company) is a Malaysian vertically integrated dairy producer founded by Loi Tuan Ee, listed on Bursa Malaysia in 2022, known for fresh RTD milk, Inside Scoop ice cream, and Southeast Asian expansion.

Farm in the City

Farm in the City (FITC) is a cage-less petting zoo and theme park in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur, set in a kampung-style 7-acre park with over 150 free-roaming animal species, feeding sessions, and pony rides.

Farm price

Farm price (farm-gate price): the price a farmer receives at the farm or first point of sale, before transport, processing, and retail margins; typically 15–40% of retail for commodity crops, tracked by FAO, USDA, and Defra indices.

Farm Security Administration

The Farm Security Administration was a New Deal agency created in 1937 to assist poor farmers during the Dust Bowl, best remembered for its documentary photography program led by Roy Stryker.

Farm Security Administration photography

Farm Security Administration photography is the documentary project, led by Roy E. Stryker from 1935 to 1944, that recorded Depression-era rural poverty for New Deal agencies, with photographers including Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans.

Farm team

A farm team in professional ice hockey is an affiliated team in a smaller league, used to develop prospects, hold depth players, and backfill injuries during the season.

Farmagia

Farmagia (ファーマギア) is a monster-farming action RPG by Marvelous with Hiro Mashima character designs, released November 1, 2024 on Switch, PS5, and Steam; Metascore 64, mixed reviews.

Farmall H

The Farmall H, or International H, is a row-crop tractor built by International Harvester at Rock Island, Illinois, from 1939 to 1953; 391,227 were built.

Farmall M

The Farmall M was a large row-crop tractor built by International Harvester in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1939 to 1954, the largest model of its Letter series.

Farman of Shah Abbas on Armenian relocation

The farman of Shah Abbas on Armenian relocation (فرمان کوچ ارامنه) was Shah Abbas I's 1603–1605 order deporting Armenians of the Araxes valley, including Julfa, to Iran.

Farman of Shah Alam II (1765)

The Farman of Shah Alam II (فرمان شاہ عالم دوم) is the 1765 Mughal decree granting the East India Company the diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.

Farman of Shah Isma'il establishing Twelver Shi'ism

The farman of Shah Isma'il establishing Twelver Shi'ism (فرمان اثنی‌عشری) was the decree by which Shah Isma'il I made Twelver Shi'ism the official religion of Safavid Iran in 1501.

Farmans of Aurangzeb on temples

The farmans of Aurangzeb on temples (فرمانِ عالمگیری) are Mughal imperial orders on Hindu temples, from a 1659 Banaras protection decree to destruction orders of 1669 and 1670.