Najeeb Elias Haddad was born in 1939 in a town called Kufranjeh, located in the northern part of Jordan. In 1965, Najeeb obtained a bachelor degree in English literature from Damascus University, Syria. He started his career as a teacher with the department of education and then became a supervisor for the English language until he retired. After retirement, Najeeb moved to live in the USA with his daughter and then moved to Australia to live with his sons. While living abroad, he wrote a number of novels based on real life stories that he either witnessed and/or heard of while living in Jordan.