 His father's name is Simaan Daud, who died from being shot by British occupation troops in Haifa in the 1936-1939 uprising, and his mother Sadi'a Khouri is also from al-Maghar in the Galilee.His grandfather Turki belonged to the Daud clan of al-Mughar a traditional Christian Palestinian family group.In 1948 when Israel was established his immediate family fled from Haifa to the Druze village of Beit Jann, which afforded them protection and helped prevent them from becoming refugees.