In 2017-18 Hamad produced an essay series on the cultural and political significance of food for SBS.
Hamad has been asked to critique the writing of other Arab and Muslim women, including Fighting Hislam by Susan Carland and Beyond Veiled Cliches: The Real Lives of Arab Women by Amal Awad. Ruby Hamad is an Associate Editor for the progressive feminist publication The Scavenger where she states her passion is for pursuing social justice, including justice for the most vulnerable amongst us, non-human animals. In 2012 Hamad became a columnist for Fairfax’s Daily Life, writing there for five years. In 2008 Hamad wrote for Australian e-journal Online Opinion.
Hamad describes her early writings as "focused primarily on overtly feminist issues including gender representation in popular culture, the treatment of women in the Arab world, and the virgin-whore dichotomy." She cites reading The Sexual Politics of Meat as a personal watershed moment in realising that eating animals acts as mirror and representation of patriarchal values, with a focus on the line "If meat is a symbol of male dominance then the presence of meat proclaims the disempowering of women", stating meat reminded her of her powerlessness as a child. She has a master's degree in journalism and media practice from the University of Sydney, and teaches part-time in history and social sciences at the University of Western Sydney. She is a graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts, where she majored in film writing and directing. Hamad has a bachelor's degree in Political Economy from the University of Sydney. Hamad grew up in Sydney Australia as the second-youngest of seven children.
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