·         Born on the 6th of September 1952, Syria.

·         Student of the Syrian master calligrapher, Badawi Al Dirany.

·         Graduated 1977, Faculty of fine Art. Damascus University.

·         Worked as a calligrapher since 1967, then as Designer of books and Various printed matters as well as designer of typefaces characters.

·         Published educational booklets of six kinds of Arabic calligraphy, Dar Aleef-. Tunis critique and Arabic Islamic art.

·         Wrote several articles in Arabic calligraphy, Contributed as an artistic consultant to the work of the international Arab Encyclopedia and edited the entries of Arabic calligraphy and it biographical n same.

·         1988:Apicture book of his works, with a study edited by the artist Youssef Abdelke, was published in Arabic and French. Dar Aleef- tunis.

·         1992: A picture book of his works, with an analytical study by Ali Al Lwati, was published in Arabic and French. Dar Al Fonoun- tunis.

·         1996 : A picture book of his works, with two reviews by Y.Abdelke and Hussein Bikar, was published. Cairo.

·         2004: A picture book of his works with a study by Youssef Abdelke.

·         Participated in many group exhibitions, regional and international forums And conferences about Arabic Calligraphy and the Arabic typefaces characters.

·         He was honored in many Arabic arts societies.

·         Gained the Monetization Award in the first international forum of Arabic calligraphy- al sharija Museums and private collections of his works: Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunis, Algeria, Qatar, U.A.E, Kuwait, Morocco, Bahrain, Belgium. Italy, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Canada, USA, Malaysia, Switzerland France, Spain, India& the UK

Exhibitions

·         1977, posters exhibition in Syria.

·         1987, Cairo atelier, Egypt… Al Sawi hall, Cairo.

·         1988, Aleef hall,Tunis. Bourgiba center, Tunis.

·         1990, Cairo Atelier.

·         1992, Cairo Atelier. French Cultural Center. Helipolis, Cairo. Dar Al Fonoun, Tunis.

·         1993, Cairo Atelier.

·         1994, Cultural house, Abu Dhabi.

·         1994-1995, Mobile exhibition in cooperation with interntional Red Cross, Morocco,Tunis and Jordan.

·         1995, Al Saiyd Gallery, Damascus.

·         1996, Rewaq Belal, Tunis. Cairo Atelier.

·         1997, Thervantes center, Cairo.

·         1998, Cairo- Berlin Gallery, Cairo. Retiberq Museum,Zurich, Switzerland Shawqi Museum, Cairo.

·         1999, Cairo Ate. Honorary exhibition (Opera house) Cairo Dar Albareh Gllery,Bahrain. Astand in 7 Hills exhibition (Dream Hill), Berlin, Germany.

·         2001, Astand in the Audiovisual Exhibition, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE Ashtar Gallery, Damascus, Syria.

·         2002, Green Art Gallery, Dubai. Al sham Gallery, Aleppo, Syria. Al Rouaq al Baladi- Sefax, Tunis. Monza House- Mascat, Oman. Al Jezirah Art Center, Cairo.

·         2003, Mobile Exhibition ongoing,USA.

·         2004, Green Art Gallery, Dubai. Sharjah international Biennial for the Art of Arabic calligraphy.

·         2005, st.Johns college, Oxford, UK. Attassy Gallery, Damascus, Syria.

·         2006, Al Jezirah Art center, Cairo. International center for poetry, Marsille, France  Participation in "Word into Art" the British museum, London. Art Space gallery, Dubai.

·         2007, DarAl Anda, Amman, Jordan.

·         2008, Ayyam Gallery- Damascus- Syria. Al Founoon hall the Opera House, Cairo - Egypt