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Umayyah Juha or Omaya Joha (Arabic: أمية جحا ) is a Palestinian artist and political cartoonist. She was born in Gaza City on 2 February 1972. She won the Arab Journalism Award for the year 2001. She is the first female cartoonist in the Arab world working in daily political newspapers and news sites, and she is a painter on Aljazeera.com – the most famous Arabic news site – And it has a special page on the site. She is also the recipient of the Arab Journalism Award in the United Arab Emirates in 2001. She is the wife of two martyrs. She graduated from the mathematics department of Al-Azhar University in 1995 with honors at the university.[1]
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Omaya Joha | |
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أمية جحا | |
| Born | 2 February 1972 Gaza City, Palestine |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Education | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
| Known for | her cartoons |
1st female cartoonist in the Arab world work in daily political newspapers
Umayya is the first cartoonist in Palestine and the Arab world to work for a daily political newspaper.[1]
Jobs
- She worked as a mathematics teacher for three years, then resigned in 1999 to devote herself to technical work.
- She worked for the daily newspaper Alquds since September 1999.
- She is a member of the Naji Al-Ali Association of Fine Arts in Palestine.
- She works in other daily political newspapers and news websites, as well as chaired the cartoon company, Juha Ton.
- She participated in many local exhibitions.[2]
Awards
She won many Awards such as:[3]
- The Palestinian Ministry of Culture Award for Cartoons, 1999.
- Arab Journalism Award, 2002.
- The creative women Award for Cartoons, 2007.
- The grand prize of "Naji Al Ali Award for Cartoon", 2010.[4]
Wife for two martyrs
Umayya married twice, the first was Rami Saad, who was killed by the Israeli forces in May 2003 in Gaza. Her second husband was Wael Aqilan, who was killed due to the prevention of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, prevent him leaving Gaza for treatment after suffering an explosion in the stomach, he died in May 2009.[5]
Facebook deleted her page
On 11 January 2016 Facebook deleted her official page and all her cartoons.[6]
See also
References
- Umayyah Juha won prizes – aljazeera
- "فنانة الكاريكاتير الفلسطينية أمية جحا تفوز بـجائزة دولية – المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام". www.palinfo.com.
- A cartoon report .. The artist, Umayya Juha, breaks the silence of an entire year without a salary, Palestine Newspaper
- Palestinian cartoonist Umayya Juha wins the cartoon grand prize in Turkey, ainnews
- "الفلسطينية أميّة جحا الرسامة الكاريكاتيريه السياسية الأولى في الوطن العربي". 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
- فيسبوك يحجب صفحة الرسامة أمية جحا , Aljazeera.
External links
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