khaledjuma’s Profile

Biography:

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Khaled Juma is a poet, author of children’s books, song's lyrics writer and plays. He was born in Rafah, on 25 October 1965, and lives currently in Gaza city. He is the Editor of Research Magazine "Roya" at the state Information service.

His children's stories include a number published with the Tamer Institute for Social Education (Kaiouse at a Press Conference, children’s story, 2007; Sheeps Do Not Eat Cats , 2006, with UNESCO; The Distant City, 2007; Black Ear/Blonde Ear, 2002; A Forest’s Tale, “Kalilah Wa Dimnah for Youth,” 2000; with the UNRWA (The Story of Two Cubs, 2001; The Tears of the Yellow Color, 2001; The Context, 2001); with Save the Children (The Party, 2000; The Sad Pipe, 1999); Pages From the Diary of a Germ, with the Dutch Project/Gaza Municipality, 1996; and Alphabet Village, a series in in cooperation with UNDP, 2000; Zamzooma leaves the house, against hunger project, 2008.
His poetry books are: You Still Resemble Yourself, poetry, Gaza, 2004; For That Reason, poetry, Sharqiyyat Publishing House, Cairo, 2000; Texts That Have Nothing To Do With the Issue, poetry, Palestinian Culture Ministry, 1999; This is How the Khalifah Begins, poetry, Palestinian Writers Union, 1996. He is also a contributor to Palestinian Folk Songs and Fishermen’s Songs in the Gaza Strip, (contributor), state Information service, 1998 and Rafah Alphabet, Distance and Memory, special issue with Othman Hussein, 1992.