international recognition and faced harsh criticism from both the hardcore fundamentalist islamist groups and regime loyalist publications. In 2012; in response and in accordance with the Syrian uprising, he played a primary role in establishing “The Syrian Writers Association” and later in 2017 was voted in as its president. Nouri Al-Jarrah’s writing habits and works over time have witnessed momentary well-rewarded shifts, where in 2008 he was awarded the State’s prize for children’s literature for “The Pillow Book” and In 2000, he co-founded The Centre for Arabic Geographical Literature in Abu Dhabi, which won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Publishing and Technology in 2019 for its contribution to the preservation, distribution, and recognition of travel literature. Family Jarrah's son Rami Jarrah became a prominent activist in early 2011 during the Syrian Uprising, he was cited by international media under the name Alexander Page until he was soon compromised in late 2011 by the Syrian intelligence services. Works Published · The Boy (Beirut, 1982) · Aligning with the Voice (London, 1988) · Ode to a Voice (Köln, 1990) · Death’s Childhood (Casablanca, 1992) · A Black Glass (London, 1993) · Poem and Poem in the Mirror (Beirut, 1995) · The Ascent of April (Beirut, 1996) · Hamlet’s Gardens (Beirut, 2003) · The Road to Damascus and The Persian Garden (Beirut, 2004) · The Day of Cain (Haifa/Beirut, 2013) · Noah’s Despair (Beirut, 2014) · Abel’s Elegies (Beirut, 2015) · Four Elegies (Istanbul, 2016) · A Boat to Lesbos (Mailand, 2016) · Une Barque pour Lesbos (Les Edition Moires Paris, 2016) · Le désespoir de Noé (Les Edition Moires, Paris, 2017) · No war in Troy (Milano, 2020) References External links Rawafed: documentary interview Nouri al-Jarrah. Alarabiya.net 1956 births Living people Syrian poets [[:tr:Kategorie:Nuri_el-Cerrah]]