He has been writing (unprofessionally) poetry and scripts for comic strips, in addition to academic articles, both in English and French since the 1980s. He earned his first Doctorate from Grenoble University, France, his dissertation devoted to the problems hampering the understanding of the message in comic strips/books. In 1995, he got his PhD in linguistics from Laval University, Canada. Mostafa Shoul lives in Oujda Morocco where he still teaches and supervises both undergraduate and graduate students.