In the 1980s, Daif Al-Ghazal joined the Movement of Revolutionary Committees (MRC).[citation needed] The MRC was set up by the government to propagate the ideologies of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, as expressed in The Green Book. In the early 1990s Al-Ghazal joined the new Benghazi Mathaba.[citation needed] He advanced within the MRC hierarchy, and was appointed to the coveted post of Media and Culture Coordinator.[citation needed] He continued working as a journalist and was named chief editor of the Benghazis office of Al-Zahf Al-Akhdar ("The Green March" in Arabic).[citation needed]