 He completed his secondary education (Tawjihi) in Cairo at the National Educational School Zamalek in Cairo (1964).Afterwards, he enrolled at law school in Damascus which he completed with a bachelor's degree in Law (1965–1970).During the time of his studies he worked as a clerk in the district court in Jerusalem under the judges Tayseer Kan’an and Fahad Abu al-Atham until Jerusalem was occupied by the Israeli army during the Six-Day War in June 1967.