Osama Eid Hajjaj ( ar, أسامة حجاج) is a Jordanian
cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
, born in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
in 1973.
Life and career
Osman Hajjaj was born in Amman, Jordan in 1973. He has worked for various daily newspapers in Jordan, such as ''
Ad-Dustour'' and ''
Al Ra'i'', and weekly newspapers such as ''Al-Bilad'' and ''Al-Mar'aa''; he worked for ''
Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to:
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*Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier
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'', the ''Emirati'' newspaper. Currently, he works in
Al Arab Al Yawm (newspaper)
''Al Arab Al Yawm ( ar, العرب اليوم)'' is a privately owned daily newspaper in Arabic language, headquartered in Amman, Jordan.
History and profile
''Al Arab Al Yawm'' was established in 1996. The daily described itself as an independ ...
and publishes his cartoons in several regional and international web-sites, such as
Cagle Cartoons
In 2001, cartoonist Daryl Cagle started Cagle Cartoons, Inc., which distributes the cartoons of sixty editorial cartoonists and fourteen columnists to more than 850 subscribing newspapers in the United States and around the world, including over h ...
. and http://www.cartoonmovement.com/.
Osama is the brother of
Emad Hajjaj
Emad Hajjaj ( ar, عماد حجاج) is a Palestinian-Jordanian editorial cartoonist. He is best known for his work in '' Al Ra'i'' and the ''Jordan Times'' daily newspapers.
Early life
Emad was born in Jordan's West Bank in 1967. He received his ...
, who is also a cartoonist. The brothers are acutely aware of the challenges involved in publishing
political cartoons in the Middle East. Both have been victims of intimidation, have received death threats on account of their satirical work, especially cartoons directed at ISIS. Osama claims that he was jailed for one of his cartoons.
Work
He is best known for his political cartoons and caricatures, many of which have appeared in texts and monographs
[Glover, R.W. and Tagliarin, D., ''Teaching Politics Beyond the Book: Film, Texts, and New Media in the Classroom,'' A & C Black, 2012, n.p. -text edition/ref> and in popular magazines such as France's ''Charlie Hebdo.''
]
See also
* Jordanian art
* Omaya Joha
References
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Jordanian artists
1973 births
Living people
Jordanian painters
Palestinian painters
People from Ramallah
Jordanian people of Palestinian descent
Jordanian caricaturists
Palestinian caricaturists