Shennib was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris. Upon his return to Libya in the late forties he married his first cousin, daughter of Omar Faiek Shennib, Ibtisam Shennib ( Sayyida Ibtisam Shennib). Together they had five children: Huda Shennib ( Sayyida Huda Shennib), Hani Shennib ( Sayyid Hani Shennib), Ola Shennib ( Sayyida O'la Shennib), Adnan Shennib Hani Shennib ( Sayyid A'dnaan Shennib) and Faten Shennib ( Sayyida Faatin Shennib).
