Friends of kannur expatriates association - FOKE is a a registered non-profitable, non-political, non-religious socio cultural organization of Kannur district expat community living in Kuwait. The main aim of FOKE is to act as an umbrella organization to bring together the NRI citizens of Kannur under one roof.

Social commitment, transparency and a value based philosophy are the driving features of the organization in its public endeavors

Kannur district derived its name from the location of its headquarters at Kannur town.The old name 'Cannanore' is the anglicised form of the Malayalam word Kannur. According to one opinion, 'Kannur' is a derivation from Kanathur, an ancient village, the name of which survives even today in one of the wards of Kannur Municipality. Another version is that Kannur might have assumed its name from one of the , deities of the Hindu pantheon, a compound of two words, Kannan (Lord Krishna) and Ur (place)making it the place of Lord Krishna.
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