Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Nushi ne ga iyayen Orthodox na Albania a Vuno, wani ƙauye a gabar Himara. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare a matashi. A shekara ta 1928 ya zama baƙo tare da mahaifinsa saboda dalilai na matsalolin tattalin arziki a gida, ya zauna a Lyons, Faransa, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin ma'aikata. A cikin waɗannan yanayi ya tsunduma cikin ayyukan hagu tsakanin masu ilimi na Albanian da suka yi hijira kuma a cikin 1935 ya zama memba na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Faransa. A cikin martani ga
Bayan mamayewar Italiya ta Albania a 1939 ya koma ƙasar shekara guda daga baya, inda ya zama memba mai kafa Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Albania kuma ya taka rawar gani a cikin juriya na 'yan adawa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Ya jagoranci kungiyar Jam'iyyar Tirana a duk tsawon wannan lokacin, yana amfani da kwarewar da ya samu a tsakanin ma'aikatan Faransa don shirya ma'aikatan Albania da matasa don juriya, kuma hukumomin mamaye sun kama shi kuma sun sake shi a cikin tsari. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin siyasa a cikin Na farko, Na biyu da na Hudu na Yaki.