 Determined to leave Israel to find himself, Naqqash lived in Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, India, and the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1962, but faced difficulties and was forced to return to Israel, where he took various jobs.In the 1970s, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and received his degree in Arabic literature.He was well known in the Arab world and among the Iraqi community in Israel, but only one of his works was translated into Hebrew.