Gibeily's employment has been varied and colourful: he has worked as a chocolate salesman in Dubai, as a journalist for various newspapers and magazines, including The Daily Star in Lebanon, as an editor for the UN, and is now involved in publishing art books. In 1997, he wrote Blueprint for a Prophet. As of 2017, he resides in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and two children.[6] The author has latterly published Greater Than a Wall in the UK.