He has founded several literary magazines including “Al-Naqid” (1988–1992), “Al-Katiba” recorded as the first monthly cultural review for female writers in the Arab world (1993–1995), “Al-Rihla” (as of 1995), and “Al-Jadeed” (as of 2015).
His poetry has been published in 16 collections, many of which have been awarded prizes in various parts of the Arab world, including The Boy (1982), Ode to a Voice (1990), Hamlet’s Gardens (2003), and Noah’s Despair (2014).
His verse leans on a variety of cultural sources, with a particular way of focusing on mythology, folktales, and legends while reflecting on metaphysical considerations and deep, existential questions—most recently, the Syrian Civil War and the resulting refugee crisis.
His opinion pieces and editorials in a stream of magazines and newspapers have inspired lively debate among prominent Arabic writers on the topic of new approaches in poetry and prose.
in 1998 Al-Jarrah travelled across Algeria, where he would soon produce the only Arabic testimonial documentation of the civil-war titled; “A Bleeding Paradise” which gained international recognition and faced harsh criticism from both the hardcore fundamentalist islamist groups and regime loyalist publications.