Nouri al-Jarrah

Nouri al-Jarrah (Arabic: نوري الجراح) (Damascus, 1956) 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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

1. ^ The English Pen Online World Atlas - Nouri Al-Jarrah
2. ^ Banipal (UK) - Contributors - Nouri al-Jarrah
3. ^ Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - Nouri Al-Jarrah in TIBF
4. ^ Qantara.de - What Distinguishes the West from the Arab World?

External Links

Rawafed: documentary interview Nouri al-Jarrah. Alarabiya.net

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Name	Al-Jarrah, Nouri
Alternative names
Short description	Poet
Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Damascus, Syria
Date of death
Place of death