[citation needed] Ghanima was born in Baghdad to a Chaldean Catholic Assyrian family.
After the British army entered Baghdad in March 1917, Ghanima was called by General Hooker along with other statesmen to found the city's municipal council.
[citation needed] He also become minister of supply in the government of Hamdi al-Pachachi (1945-1946).
[citation needed] He founded the Seda Babel newspaper in 1908 with Dawud Sliwa.
[3] The newspaper was closed down in July 1914 before World War I by order from Nur Al-Deen Pasha, governor of Baghdad Vilayet.