Soumi was born in 1948 in Palestine, and studied fine arts in Damascus and Paris. He now lives in France. He transforms a variety of ordinary materials into works of art. He has had a number of personal exhibits in France, Jordan and Palestine, and has participated in a number of group exhibits, notably at the Tokyo Museum, the Madrid National Museum, and the Paris Institut du Monde Arabe. His works can be found in public collections such as the Tunis Museum of Modern Art , the French National Fund for Contemporary Art, the Paris Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Baghdad National Museum. He participated in the French Palestinian spring exhibit at the Paris Institut du Monde Arabe.