A Palestinian film, television and stage actor and director, born in the village of Bi'ina, Acre, to a family of farmers, but after Israel confiscated the village’s lands in 1963, he worked in construction. He loved acting and doing impressions at an early age. After completing his high school education, he entered the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts in Ramat Gan. Some of his credits are Oslo (2021), Gaza mon amour (2020) and Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem (1994).