Omaya Joha
أمية جحا
Born (1972-02-02) 2 February 1972
Gaza City, Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
Other namesUmayyah Juha
EducationAl-Azhar University
Known forCartoons, writing
Spouses
  • Rami Khader Saad
  • Wael Aqilan

Omaya Joha (Arabic: أمية جحا) or Umayyah Juha, is a Palestinian political cartoonist and journalist.[1] She is the first female cartoonist in the Arab world working in daily political newspapers and news sites, including for Al Jazeera Arabic. She is also the recipient of the Arab Journalism Award (2001) in the United Arab Emirates.

Early life and education

Omaya Joha was born in Gaza City on 2 February 1972. She graduated 1995 with honors from the mathematics department of Al-Azhar University.[2]

She was married to Rami Khader Saad, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces in 2003; and then she later married to Wael Aqilan, who was died after being prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical treatment after he suffered an explosion to the stomach in May 2009.[3][4]

Career

She worked as a mathematics teacher for three years, then resigned in 1999 to devote herself to technical work. Since September 1999, she has worked for the daily newspaper Alquds. She has worked in other daily political newspapers and news websites, as well as chaired the cartoon company, Juha Ton. Joha is the first cartoonist in Palestine and the Arab world to work for a daily political newspaper.[2]

She is a member of the Naji Al-Ali Association in Palestine. She participated in many local exhibitions.[5]

Controversy

On 11 January 2016, Facebook deleted her official page and all her cartoons on the grounds that many people had reported her account for offensive drawings.[6] The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) a New York-based international Jewish non-governmental organization and advocacy group has labeled Joha's work as "anti-semitic cartoons".[7]

Awards

She won many awards, including:[3]

  • 1999, Palestinian Ministry of Culture Award for Cartoons
  • 2002, Arab Journalism Award by the Dubai Press Club
  • 2007, Creative Women Award for Cartoons
  • 2010, grand prize of "Naji Al-Ali International Cartoon Competition" by the Solidarity Association with the Palestinian People in Turkey[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ إسماعيل, محمد حسام الدين (1 January 2014). ساخرون و ثوار: دراسات علاماتية و ثقافية في الإعلام العربي [Satirists and revolutionaries: semantic and cultural studies in Arab media] (in Arabic). Translated by Ismail, Mohamed Hossam El-Din. Al Manhal. p. 206. ISBN 9796500167725.
  2. 1 2 3 "أمية جحا تفوز بجائزة في تركيا" [Umayya Juha wins an award in Turkey]. الجزيرة نت (Al Jazeera Arabic) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 "برسمة كاريكاتير.. الفنانة أمية جحا تكسر صمت عام كامل دون راتب" [A report on drawing a caricature.. Artist Umayyah Juha breaks the silence of a whole year without a salary]. فلسطين أون لاين (felesteen.news) (in Arabic). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "الفلسطينية أميّة جحا الرسامة الكاريكاتيريه السياسية الأولى في الوطن العربي" [Palestinian Umayya Juha is the first political cartoonist in the Arab]. جمعية شقائق النعمان (Anemone Society) (in Arabic). 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "فنانة الكاريكاتير الفلسطينية أمية جحا تفوز بـجائزة دولية – المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام". www.palinfo.com.
  6. ↑ "فيسبوك يحجب صفحة الرسامة أمية جحا" [Facebook blocks the page of the painter Umayya Juha]. الجزيرة نت (Al Jazeera Arabic) (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Anti-Semitic Cartoons: A Hallmark of Qatari Newspapers". Anti-Defamation League (ADL). 26 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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