The highly respected writer began his career in journalism with the Reuters news agency in 1963 – and then went on to become the editor-in-chief of the Lebanese English-language Daily Star newspaper in 1968. He was appointed editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat in 1978, which he left in 1986. He joined the pan Arab London-based daily Al Hayat as editor in chief from 1988 to 1998.
After leaving Al Hayat, he became the first editor-in-chief of ‘Newsroom Ink’, a joint venture between Al Hayat newspaper and the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC).