The winner of Poetry Rivals 2015, Jamal has had poetry and essays published on various online and offline platforms including Media Diversified and BBC Asian Network. His debut collection of poetry, 'Little Boy Blue' is out now, through Burning Eye Books. It is an eclectic first collection that looks at family, nostalgia and social pain as well as personal stories of identity and belonging. In 2016, his essay 'Language, Life and Love: Our Immigrant Parents' was published in Media Diversified's 'From the Lines of Dissent' through Outspoken Press. The collection of essays by 14 writers of colour in the UK touches on a wide array of topics around what it means to be a person of colour in modern Britain. His work explores themes of nostalgia, political issues and personal stories. He is looking to write for film in the near future.