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Arok Aleu is a South Sudanese by birth and an Australian by naturalisation. He was born in the former Province of Upper Nile in Jonglei - Twic East County. During the Sudanese second civil war he went to Ethiopia where he commenced his primary education, Kenya and finally resettled in Australia where he received BSW from the University of Tasmania.

When he resided in Kenya (Kakuma Refugee Camp) Arok was much involved in editing, writing and teaching Diɛt (songs) ke Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ ku Thuɔŋjäŋ for more than nine years. He was one of the contributors and editors of Lokku tueŋ në Thuɔŋjäŋ - a book that containing short stories of Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ. He helped in interpretation and translation of English to Thuɔŋjäŋ for Thuɔŋjäŋ speakers.

He is currently working on other Thuɔŋjäŋ works, including Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ short stories and a bit longer book; CIEŊ, DÖK KU YATH:

Piath ku yic thieek de Cieŋ de Tuïc.

In which he inquisitively explores Tuïc social values and other aspects of Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ worldviews that are ingrained in Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ cultures which are usually expressed through the usage of Thuɔŋjäŋ. How its creative powers are controlling people's everyday life including their thinking, perception, self-understanding, interpretation and how they interact and relate to their environment.