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- Country of residence: Jordan
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Imad Eid Hajjaj (born in Ramallah 1967) is a Jordanian cartoonist of Palestinian origin. He has worked for several local and Arab newspapers. His cartoons deal with the political situation in the Middle East and the world, in addition to the political, economic and social issues that occupy Jordanian society through the cartoon character Abu Mahjoub . He is currently a cartoonist on Roya TV in the program This Morning.
His life
Imad Hajjaj was born in the West Bank and educated at UNRWA schools in Al-Wehdat camp in Jordan . In 1974, he received his first certificate of appreciation for drawing in a school competition on the subject of burning Al-Aqsa Mosque . In 1986, he joined Yarmouk University to study physics , then in 1988 he switched to studying fine arts and in 1991 he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Graphic Art) with a minor in Journalism and Media .
Practical life
His first cartoons were published in the readers' contributions pages of the newspapers ( Al-Dustour ) and ( Sawt Al-Shaab ). Since 1989, he has worked as a political cartoonist in the weekly newspaper (Akhir Khabar). Between 1990 and 1998, he worked in several local and Arab newspapers: ( Al-Quds Al-Arabi ) in London, ( Al-Watan ) in Qatar, ( Al-Dustour ) and ( Al-Arab Al-Yawm ) in Jordan. And in the local weeklies: (Al-Ahali), (Al-Raseef), (Al-Bilad), (Al-Mustaqbal), (Shihan), (Al-Sahafi).
In 1993, he joined Al Rai newspaper as a daily cartoonist and continued until 2000, when his services were terminated. He worked in the Jordanian Al Dustour newspaper from 2000 until mid-2004. He also worked in the Jordanian Al Ghad newspaper and Al Quds Al Arabi . On July 1, 2012, he moved to work again in the Jordanian Al Rai newspaper.
He has been a member of the Jordanian Journalists Syndicate since 1994, and a member of the Cartoonists and Satirical Writers Agency.
Awards
Won the Hussein Award for Journalistic Creativity , Best Cartoon for the year 2001.
He won the Dubai Arab Journalism Award for the year 2006 for the best cartoon published in the Arab press in the year 2005, for the painting (The Weeping Arabian Camel).
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