Beginning his recording career in London in 1990, he was featured on Andy Kershaw and John Peel and appeared at Womad and Womex. In 1992-1993, his music took off in Cyprus and he repatriated back to the land of his birth. Simultaneous to an artistic career Haji Mike finished a Phd in Cultural Studies at Birmingham's CCCS which later led to teaching at Intercollege/The University of Nicosia and The University of Cyprus.