8/12 He lived his early life in refugee camps in Lebanon then traveled to multiple Arab countries to work various industrial jobs until he returned to Lebanon in 1959 to pursue an Art education which was halted for being arrested for his political activism.

9/12 He was then discovered by the writer Ghassan Kanafani who helped him publish his drawings in the magazine Al Hurriyah in 1961. His career picked up and he spent his life publishing his cartoons in magazines like Al Tali'a, and Al-Siyasa. Al-Safir, Al Qabas.