Sara al-Jarwan (Arabic: سارة الجروان; born 1969) is an Emirati novelist, short story writer and playwright.
[1][2][3] Born in Ajman, she joined the UAE armed forces as a soldier just before the 1991 Gulf War.
This experience was the basis of a book (Yawmiyaat Mujannada or Diary of a Recruit) as well as a play.
She also served as an editor of Dara al-Watan, the magazine of the armed forces.
Since then, she has written three more novels, a short story collection, and a book of Emirati folk tales.