He published much of his poetry while he had been in Moscow and also while living in Russia he had poetry published in different languages like English, Russian, and French. In 1977 he was invited to Aden University, where he worked as a lecturer in arts and in aesthetics, was awarded a professorship and spent seven years. In 1983, Gely moved to Algeria to teach at the Language and Art Institute at Algeria University, where he stayed until afflicted by Kidney failure in February 1989.