Jameel was born in 1995 in Al-Qaboun neighbourhood in Damascus. He lived in an ancient small Arabic house facing the neighborhood’s water tank.

Jameel was the breadwinner for his family, including his mother and three younger sisters.  His father passed away in 2010, so Jameel was forced to work to meet the needs of his family.

Just like many free Syrians, Jameel called for freedom, justice and dignity.  He participated in all the demonstrations in the Al-Qaboun neighborhood in Damascus.  He contributed to the revolution by writing sings and banners that condemned despotism, injustice, corruption, and the fact that the wealthy of the country steal from the poor.  He left his job to focus solely on his activism; fully dedicating his time, efforts and strength to the revolution against injustice and aggression.

Having investigated and detected Jameel’s activities and contributions to the revolution, particularly within the media, Syrian Air Force Intelligence detained him on 22 July 2011.  He was detained for a total of 115 days.  Upon his release, he told of his experiences, including the different types and methods of torture he was subjected to at Air Force Intelligence detention facilities.   This included electricity shocks and tying him to a car tire.  There was also psychological torture such as leaving him in isolation for long periods of time, public humiliation, and denial of food and water.

Despite the varying means of torture used on him, Jameel’s activist spirit was not quelled.  He returned to doing his graffiti with even more energy and vigor than before.  His main mission, for which he was killed for, was spraying the walls of the neighborhood with graffiti that called for justice, freedom and the toppling of the regime of dictatorship and slavery.  He was clearly seen as a threat to Assad’s intelligence agencies because of his inflammatory artwork decorating walls all across the Damascus’ neighborhoods.