He was born in the city of Douma in the countryside of Damascus in 1941,he grew up in Damascus, where he completed his high education at Jawdat Al-Hashemi High School, teached in Damascus high schools, graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Aleppo in 1965, and excelled in managing projects in the Ministry of Electricity, wrote several books, including, The Science of Electrical Lighting, Electrical Security, and Project Feasibility in 1987, and he was fluent in English and French in addition to his native language, Arabic.