He learned the Arab language very rapidly and after only two years was recruited as translator for the French Army in Africa.

In February 2009 I joined GV as a volunteer translator from English to Arabic, afterwards I became author and Arabic Lingua editor.

Three years later, he worked as an unofficial interpreter for the British Army and then moved back to Palestine the year after to work as a clerk for the Land Registration Office.

From Egypt, Ibn Al Dunya writes about an interview with Muhammed Marei, who was detained for 90 days for working as an interpreter for American photojournalist James Buck.