* Jarrar gave birth to a child when she was eighteen years old.

* Over the years, Jarrar has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Hedgebrook, and Eastern Frontier.

* A number of Jarrar’s writings have appeared in outlets like The New York Times Magazine, The Oxford American, Salon.com, and BuzzFeed.

* According to her website, Jarrar in 2010 “was named one of the most gifted writers of Arab origin under the age of 40.”