Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya fara fitowa a duniya a tseren mita 3000 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta IAAF ta 2003, inda ya zama na goma sha biyu a wasan karshe. Wani bayyanar a
Gasar tseren tseren ƙasa ta duniya ta kawo masa wata tagulla ta ƙungiya, kodayake ya sami matsayi na 23 ne kawai a wannan lokacin. Ya bayyana a wannan gasa an yi shi ne bisa umarnin darektan kungiyar 'yan kasar Morocco kuma ya shiga ne kawai a matsayin shiri don farawar da ke gabatowa a kan nisan marathon. Bayan horar da tsohon zakaran gasar Olympic Brahim Boutayeb, ya shiga cikin Rotterdam Marathon wata daya bayan haka, ya gudu da lokacin 2:09:15 a matsayi na shida. Bayan nasarar rabin tseren marathon a Johannesburg, ya shiga tseren marathon a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2003. Duk da cewa shi ne karo na biyu da ya fito a kan nesa, ya ga Michael Kosgei Rotich da Julio Rey don jagorantar jagorancin matakai na karshe kuma ya lashe lambar zinare a cikin tarihin gasar Championship na 2:08:31.