Nouri al-Jarrah

Who is Nouri al-Jarrah?

Nouri al-Jarrah is a Syrian poet. He moved to Beirut in 1981, then to Cyprus and finally to London working as journalist in a number of Arabic newspapers and magazines.

al-Jarrah established a literary magazine named Al-Katiba of which 15 issues have been published and has also published a number of poem collections.

He is also a director of The Center for Arabic Geographical Literature-Exploration Prospects which is based in Abu Dhabi and London. The institute has published a number of works relating to Arab travel literature, most significantly Hassan Taufik al Idl travels in late 19th century Germany.