University of Aleppo
He attended the University of Aleppo, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in law. He wrote poetry and was a member of the Literary Forum there. As a screenwriter, Khalifa has written several television dramas including "Rainbow (Kaws Kozah)" and "Memoirs of Al-Jalali (Serat Al-Jalali)", documentaries, short films, and the feature-length film "The Shrine Door (Bab al-Maqam)". His first novel, "Haris al-Khadi'a" ("The Guard of Deception"), was published in 1993. His second novel, "Dafatir al-Qurbat" ("The Gypsy Notebooks"), was suppressed by the Union of Arab Writers for four years after its publication in 2000.