[1] Arkab was born in 1966 in the municipality of Hussein Dey in Algiers.

[2] After studying in Algeria, he obtained a diploma in mechanical engineering at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene.

[3][4] He then joined Sonelgaz in 1990 where he spent his entire professional career, and where he was notably responsible for the Compagnie de l'Engineering de l'Electricité et du Gaz CEEG-Spa.

[5][6] Arkab was appointed as chairman of the company Sonelgaz from 30 August 2017 until he took office as Minister of Energy on 1 April 2019.

[9][10] Arkab took up his new functions at the head of the Ministry of Energy and Mining on 22 February 2021.