Mustapha holds a diploma of Higher Secondary General Education and a Propaedeutics in Pedagogy. At present he is completing his B.A. in Pedagogy in the Netherlands. He has worked in a primary school, a nursery and a centre for people with special needs where he taught and trained people with a mental disability. Mustapha Himi is a youth teacher at a mosque in the Netherlands where he also functions as a member of the board of education.