In 1963, Al-Jarallah started his journalism career as a junior reporter in the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai Alaam, eventually becoming Managing Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

[4] In the late 1960s, Al-Jarallah was able to "parlay a winning personality and a friendship with the then-minister of information [Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah] into a publishing empire".

'The Target'), In 1977, the assets of Al-Seyassah were estimated at more than five million Kuwaiti dinars ($17.25m), which included what was described as the most modern printing press in the Middle East.

The motive and source of the bombing was unclear, however it has been reported that the pro-Saudi newspaper led by Al-Jarallah had been critical of religious extremists and terrorism in Saudi Arabia, and supported the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

[10][11][12][13] Jarallah's published views in the 1980s were described in leaked US diplomatic cables and by the CIA as "pro-Saudi, pro-Egyptian ... supporting of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's overtures to Israel, critical of Palestinian extremism ... calling on the PLO to moderate its policies, hardline anti-Syrian, the Iranian regime, and Iraq's territorial ambitions in Kuwait"[3][7][8][9] In 2004, in an editorial which was described as "breaking long-held taboos", Jarallah called for the Arab world to make peace with Israel and for Arab leaders to cease using the Palestinian people as a tool of their policies.