Of equal importance was the belief that they could be made in Palestine – a country with a strong heritage of craftsmanship but where the daily difficulties of modern life under occupation stymied the desires of many of his contemporaries and their ability to pursue their dreams. Undeterred, he began the journey in his teens to become the country’s leading luthier and provide locally made instruments to musicians both at home and abroad.

His studies began in 2006 with violin maintenance workshops in Ramallah with visiting luthiers David Deroy and Leila Barbedette followed the next year by further maintenance workshops with Paolo Stucchi, Augustinus François and Gianluca Montenegro. In 2008 he travelled to Florence to study violin making and varnishing on an intensive three month course where he completed his first violin. His professors included Paolo Sorgentone (former President of the Association of Tuscan Violin Makers), Marco Nedda, Jens Norskov Hansen and two of his earlier tutors Paolo Stucchi and Gianluca Montenegro. 

His experiences there laid the foundation for study at Newark School of Violin Making (UK) where he spent three years, completing a diploma in the manufacturing and maintenance of stringed instruments.

On his return to Ramallah in 2012, and with the assistance of Al Kamandjati Music Centre, he set up his first workshop and worked with the school to repair, maintain and make new string instruments.

He continues to study when he has the opportunity, most recently in Italy with his teacher and friend Marco Nedda where he made a violin and a viola, He keeps his workshop in Ramallah and looks to impart his knowledge of violin making to local students and apprentices.