Dr-Norman Khalaf

Prof. 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. His family originally comes from Al Eizariya (Bethany), east of Al Quds (Jerusalem), Palestine. The family then moved to Jaffa city, Palestine in the nineteenth century. He is the author and publisher of "Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin", the first Palestinian scientific journal worldwide (ISSN 0178-6288) (since 1983); and the author of twelve books: Gazelle: The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (2004), Aquatica Arabica (2005), Mammalia Arabica (2006), Felidae Arabica (2007), Carnivora Arabica (2008), Fauna Palaestina - Part One (2009), Fauna Emiratus - Part One (2010), Fauna Palaestina - Part Two (2012), Fauna Palaestina - Part Three (2013); and the co-author of the book "Palestine: A Guide" (2005/2006/2007). He discovered and scientifically named fifteen animal species and subspecies.