Farid is a fictional character in Cornelia Funke's Inkworld trilogy. Described as skinny and dark, with curly black hair and black eyes, he was read out of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights by Mortimer Folchart. Little is known of his past and life in the story, other than the fact that he worked as a servant boy for a gang of thieves. Farid soon becomes Dustfinger, the fire-eater's apprentice who teaches him how to control fire. Farid admires and looks up to Dustfinger as a father figure, and follows him like a shadow, doing his best to protect him from any harm - especially the inevitable death that awaits him at the end of the book. Like a typical son with a new stepmother, he takes an immediate dislike to Roxane, Dustfinger's wife, who is introduced in the second novel of the trilogy Inkspell and who suspects that he is Dustfinger's biological son from another woman. Farid has few friends beside Dustfinger and the marten, Gwin. In Inkheart, he develops a crush on Meggie Folchart, which later develops into a full-fledged relationship in Inkspell. Despite being very shy and awkward with girls, Farid confesses his feelings for Meggie and kisses her on the spur of the moment. A pivotal moment occurs during a fight between Basta and his men and Mo, Meggie, Farid, Dustfinger, and the rest of the Motley Folk towards the end of Inkspell. In the ensuing chaos, Basta throws his knife into Farid's back, thus killing him. Mo, in retaliation, stabs Basta and destroys him for good. Farid is laid to rest in the mines. Dustfinger then decides to call the White Women to them and trades his life for the boy's. He dies just as Farid reawakens in Meggie's arms. After Dustfinger dies to save his life at the end of Inkspell, Farid is distraught at having lost his close friend and teacher. He becomes Orpheus' servant, in the hope that the crooked storyteller will aid him in reviving the fire-eater. He vows to bring Dustfinger back to life and tells Meggie: "This story will have a happy ending - I swear". Rafi Gavron is set to play Farid in the Inkheart movie.
