He was born in the Eastern part of Kurdistan and the plains of Dashta Tal (Bitter plains) of the city of #Bana#. At an early age, his father was martyred in the ranks of the Sazman ranks of the Kurdistan Struggle Organization of Iran thus he had to immigrate to South Kurdistan. He completed his primary and secondary education in the cities and towns of the Southern part of Kurdistan. He became acquainted with the world of literature at age 15 and his poems were published in magazines and newspapers. In the year 1998, he was granted political asylum in Sweden due to the poor security and financial situation of the Kurds in the eastern part of Kurdistan. Jalal Khoshkalam is an active journalist, writer, and politician that has a big role in the Kurdish movement in the Eastern part of Kurdistan.
For several years he was the president of the Kurdish Youth committee in Linköping and a member of the Executive Committee of Kurdish Youth in Sweden.
In the year 2004, he managed to get a diploma and graduate in sociology from Sweden.
In 2006, several of his poems were published and collected in a booklet called Feelings and Beauty.
In 2008, he was a candidate for a master's degree in social and cultural studies at the University of Linköping.
In 2009, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Sazman the Kurdistan Struggle Organization of Iran at its 4th Congress.
He has been working in Kriminalvården (Criminal investigation department) ever since the year 2009.[1]