Muhammad Al-Dhahir (b.1950), born in Uqbat Jabr Refugee camp in Jericho, workedin journalism and has been the correspondent to various Arab newspapers and reviews,including the Iraqi Al-Aqlam, the Kuwaiti Al-Bayan, the Saudi Al-Majallah. Authorof many children books, and published poetry in newspapers, and several poetrycollections such as ‘I Was Not Asleep’, ‘It is the Dream-Reality’ (1980)