Omaya Joha
Umayyah Juha or Omaya Joha (Arabic: أمية جحا ) is a Palestinian artist and political cartoonist. She was born in Gaza City on 2 February 1972. She won the Arab Journalism Award for the year 2001. She is the first female cartoonist in the Arab world working in daily political newspapers and news sites, and she is a painter on Aljazeera.com – 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 Al-Azhar University in 1995 with honors at the university. 1st female cartoonist in the Arab world work in daily political newspapers. Umayya is the first cartoonist in Palestine and the Arab world to work for a daily political newspaper. Awards. She won many Awards such as: Wife for two martyrs. Umayya married twice, the first was Rami Saad, who was killed by the Israeli forces in May 2003 in Gaza. Her second husband was Wael Aqilan, who was killed due to the prevention of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip , prevent him leaving Gaza for treatment after suffering an explosion in the stomach, he died in May 2009. Facebook deleted her page. On 11 January 2016 Facebook deleted her official page and all her cartoons.