'Rabia' is loosely based on the real life story of Wafa Idris, Palestine's first female suicide bomber.
Every interior set of RABIA was built and shot, on-location, at Chapman University's Marion Knott Studios in Orange, California.
Director/Writer Grizz Ali often claims that his inspiration for writing 'Rabia' came from a failed relationship.
'Rabia' was shot in a span of ten days, including re-shoots.
In the opening scene, where Rabia walks into a Palestinian bazaar, $1,000 worth of fruit is laid out on all fruit stands. All fruit was purchased by Seeme Gull Hasan, Grizz Ali's mother, the day before shooting.