In 1972, after hearing about the Sahrawi nationalist demonstrations during the mussem (an event that is both religious festivity and cattle show) of Tan-Tan, he travelled to the former Spanish protectorate, being the nexus between the Sahrawi groups in Western Sahara and Southern Morocco.
In 1974, he was elected as head of the Political Affairs Committee, during the II General Popular Congress of the POLISARIO.