An ethnic Kurd and a native of Diyala Governorate, he began studying calligraphy in 1959, and moved to Baghdad in 1963, where he gave his first exhibition in 1965. He later graduated from the Fine Arts Institute of Baghdad, and proceeded to work for the State Directorate for the Plastic Arts in the 1980s.
A Kurdish individual from Diyala Governorate, he began studying calligraphy in 1959 and relocated to Baghdad in 1963, where he presented his first exhibition in 1965. He later graduated from the Fine Arts Institute of Baghdad and worked for the State Directorate for the Plastic Arts.