His first book , Mincha Marokait ( Moroccan Gift ) , published in 1976 , established him as the founding father of Mizrahi poetry in Israel .
He worked as a journalist and published a weekly column in the Israeli mainstream daily Maariv .
His first book , Mincha Marokait ( Moroccan Gift ) , published in 1976 , established him as the founding father of Mizrahi poetry in Israeli .
He worked as a journalist and published a weekly column in the Israeli mainstream daily Maariv .