[2] As mayor of Hamtramck, he implemented policies banning pride flags from publicly owned flagpoles and avoiding city investment in Israeli companies.
[3] He immigrated to the United States in 1997 and worked in a factory that made plastic components for cars whilst attending Hamtramck High School.
[3] He then attended the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica which he left without a degree and became a healthcare worker at a medical office in Hamtramck.
[10][11] In September 2024, Ghalib endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election after meeting him at a town hall in Flint in which they discussed issues affecting Arab and Muslim Americans.
[12] Kurt Streeter of The New York Times reported that as a social conservative, Ghalib found more in common with Republicans who had "actively courted him.