[6] Sabawi's essays and opeds have appeared in The Australian, Al Jazeera, Al-Ahram, The Globe and Mail, The Age, and The Sydney Morning Herald.

She appeared alongside Israeli writer Ari Shavit,[7] BBC News New York and UN Correspondent Nick Bryant,[8] actress Miriam Margolyes,[9] and numerous others.

[10][11] She participated in various public forums on peace building, women in conflict areas, the Palestinian right of return,[12] as well as various presentations for interfaith groups.

[13] Previously, she was a public advocate for Australians for Palestine,[14] Executive Director and Media Spokesperson for the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR), and a Subject Matter Expert on the Middle East's cultural and political landscape for the Canadian Foreign Service Institute's Center for Intercultural Learning.

Her poetry has also been featured in various magazines and books, most recently in an anthology published by West End Press titled With Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century.

With the venue entirely filled for each viewing, the play received highly positive reviews from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Music, The Australian Jewish Democratic Society and Melbourne Arts Fashion.