Dima Juma Samman

Dima Juma Samman (; 1963), is a scholar from the State of Palestine who specializes in writing about Jerusalem. She was educated at the Schmidt's Girls College. After high school, she studied "linguistics" at Birzeit University, taking senior positions in the educational and media service, and was awarded the Adibba of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture as the Cultural Figure of Jerusalem for 2013.

Career

Samman was born in Jerusalem, Al-Saman Al-Sharif in 1963, her father Adib and her mother an Arabic language teacher, who was influenced by literary work even if she was an emerging writer, Hanna Minh, Anis Mansour and Najib Mahfouz.

Novels • (1992) Convoy: Dar Al-Huda Publications, Kafr Al-Qurr

• (1992) Lost rib: Return House for Studies and Publishing, Jerusalem

• The Palestinian Ministry of Culture granted her the title of Cultural Figure of Jerusalem for 2013.

Position • Director of the Educational Information Service of the Palestinian Ministry of Education to date.

• Director-General of the Jerusalem Affairs Unit of the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Education to date.

• Member of the General Body of the Arab Journalists Association of Palestine to date.

• Member of the governing body of the Palestinian Writers' Union to date.

• Director of the weekly Seventh Day Cultural Symposium, launched in Jerusalem in 1991.

• Editorial Director of Palestinian newspapers: The Weekly Al-Sada Newspaper, the Ministry's Educational March, the New Week Magazine, and a Magazine with the People. She also served as Editorial Secretary of the Al-Sada Newspaper, the Mraya Newspaper, all published in Palestine.

Personal life Married to Palestinian lawyer Ali Abu Hilal, they had three children: Yara, Yazan, and Rani.