 He has toured with theatre companies inside and outside France, and taken parts in plays by Chekhov, Goldoni, Beckett, Crommelynck and others.It was at this point that he also began writing for various newspapers and magazines, notably Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris) and Al-Ahram (Cairo).Along with French and Arabic, he is fluent in English, appearing as an expert commentator on anglophone television news programmes from the BBC and CNN.