Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf

Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa is a Palestinian/German Zoologist, Ecologist and Geologist. Born in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany in 1962. Finished School in Kuwait. Studied Zoology, Geology and Ecology for the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees at the Universities of Kuwait, Durham (England) and Ashwood (USA). Specialised in Animal Behaviour and Ecology. He is the author and publisher of "Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin", the first Palestinian scientific journal worldwide (since 1983); and the author of six books: Gazelle: The Palestinian Biological Bulletin, Aquatica Arabica, Mammalia Arabica, Felidae Arabica, Carnivora Arabica & Fauna Palaestina – Part One. He discovered and scientifically named four new animal subspecies: the Gaza Mouse (Mus musculus gazaensis Khalaf, 2007), the Palestine Golden Jackal (Canis aureus palaestina), the Wadi Al Wurayah Fish (Garra barreimiae wurayahi) and the Emirati Tilapia (O. m. bassamkhalafi).