Umayyah Juha or Omaya Joha (Arabic: أمية جحا ) is a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

artist and

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. She was born in

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on 2 February 1972. She won the Arab Journalism Award for the year 2001. She is the first female cartoonist in the

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working in daily political newspapers and news sites, and she is a painter on

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– 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

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in 1995 with honors at the university.Umayyah Juha won prizes
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1st female cartoonist in the Arab world work in daily political newspapers

Umayya is the first cartoonist in Palestine and the

to work for a daily political newspaper.

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.

Awards

She won many Awards such as: * The Palestinian Ministry of Culture Award for Cartoons, 1999. *

Arab Journalism Award The Arab Journalism Award (AJA) ( ar, جائزة الصحافة العربية) launched in 1999, by Dubai Press Club, The award is given each year by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during the Arab Media Forum. It plays a role in motiv ...

, 2002. * The creative women Award for Cartoons, 2007. * The grand prize of "Naji Al Ali Award for Cartoon", 2010.

Facebook deleted her page

On 11 January 2016 Facebook deleted her official page and all her cartoons.فيسبوك يحجب صفحة الرسامة أمية جحا
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