[1] Her shorter writings have been published by outlets including International PEN, Granta, The Guardian, London Review of Books and GQ magazine.
She lived variously in Dundee, Reading, High Wycombe and Jeddah during her early childhood, before moving to Kuwait when she was eight years old.
[5] Dabbagh is strongly influenced by Palestine, the greater Palestinian diaspora, and her legal work in human rights and international criminal law.
[2][7][8] Dabbagh's debut novel Out of It was published in 2011, receiving positive coverage in a wide range of publications and outlets,[9] including Kirkus Reviews,[10] ArabLit,[11] Guernica,[12] and The Independent,[13] with Ahdaf Soueif praising the book as "a new and welcome take on the Palestinian story".
[17] She edited the anthology We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers, published by Saqi in 2021.