Born in the village of Kobar (near Ramallah) in 1954, Barghouti got his high school diploma from a school in Birzeit and continued his university education in Budapest where he studied Hungarian Language and economics. He worked as an academic advisor in Birzeit university from 1983-1985. He then obtained his PH.D in comparative literature from Washington University in the US. Since 1992 he has been teaching in Palestinian universities. Throughout this period he has been writing screenplays and lyrics for various musical groups. Dr. Hussein Barghouti passed away in Ramallah on May 1st, 2002.