His mother worked in a shop while his father worked at a fish warehouse, and both of his parents raised him, and his siblings, in a Jewish household.
Waxaa kale oo magaalada Xamar degganayd, oo booqasho uu ugu imaan jirey walaashiis Safiyo oo ay isku aabbe iyo hooyo ahaayeen, oo ku noolayd guri ay ku lahayd suuqa Bakaaraha, isla suuqaasna ka ganacsan jirtay.