By the early 1970s, he had fallen from favour with the Ba'athist regime and his name appeared on a Ba'athist-compiled list of those who were to be arrested.[25] He was working in Bahrain when he learned this alarming news, but was in the process of establishing an office in London. He and his family relocated to London.[26] While living in London, he established the Kufa Gallery In London as a focus for Islamic and Arab art