Fattuh was elected in 1996 as a representative to the Palestinian Legislative Council of the town of Rafah, (in the Gaza Strip), where he was born and has lived for most of his life.
法图赫于1996年当选为拉法镇巴勒斯坦立法委员会的代表，（在加沙地带），他出生并在那里度过了他的大部分生活。