Al-Harumi was born in Shaqib al-Salam in southern Israel to a Muslim Negev Bedouin family.

[1] He gained a BA in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and returned to Shaqib al-Salam to teach in the local high school.

[3] Although the alliance won only 13 seats, al-Harumi entered the Knesset on 11 August 2017 as a replacement for Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf under the terms of a rotation agreement between the parties.

[6] The following month he was elected chair of the Knesset's Internal Affairs and Environment Committee.

[7] In August 2021 al-Harumi died from a heart attack at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba at the age of 49.