DR. NADINE NABER
Author. Speaker. Activist.
Dr. Naber is an award-winning author, speaker, and activist. Her work addresses feminism and racial justice for Arab and Muslim Americans; Feminism in the MENA Region; Mothering and Police Violence; Reproductive Justice; and Global Feminist and Feminist of Color Activism. She is author/co-editor of five books, co-founder of several Arab feminist and feminist of color organizations, and is quoted regularly in venues like the New York Times, CBS News, the Guardian, and NPR. She has received awards for her work from foundations like MacArthur, Andrew Mellon, Ford, and Marguerite Casey. She is a keynote speaker at places like The Field Museum, The United Nations, Spotify, The Tides Foundation, The Art Institute of Chicago, and law firms, libraries, schools, colleges, and universities across the United States and Internationally.
Dr. Naber’s lectures and workshops have been featured at institutions of higher learning across the U.S. and around the world.
Dr. Nadine Naber named to Marguerite Casey Foundation 2024 Freedom Scholars cohort.
AWARD
The Marguerite Casey Foundation announces Dr. Nadine Naber’s inclusion in the cohort of 2024 Freedom Scholars in recognition of their exceptional scholar-activist commitment to advancing justice and equity.
Arab America
BOOK
In Arab America, Nadine Naber tells the stories of second generation Arab American young adults living in the San Francisco Bay Area, most of whom are political activists engaged in two culturalist movements that draw on the conditions of diaspora, a Muslim global justice and a Leftist Arab movement.
MAMAS
WEBSITE
Dr. Nadine Naber is the Research Director and Co-Founder of MAMAS, a Chicago-based feminist of color reproductive justice collective, unapologetically confronting and dismantling systems of state violence – including prisons, war, colonization, imperialism, and migrant injustices.
When Abolitionists Say Free Them All, We Mean Palestinians Too
ARTICLE
We must fight militarism and oppression abroad as fiercely as we do at home. By Dr. Nadine Naber, Truthout, December 29, 2023
Research
Browse Dr. Naber’s research database, which includes Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Books and Book Length Reports, Journal Articles, Op-Eds, and Syllabus
Speaking
Dr. Naber lectures on a variety of topics ranging from Arab Americans, Feminism, Activism, Social Movements, Radical Mothering, and more.
Activism
Dr. Naber works with Arab Feminist and Feminist of Color Movements and is Co-Founder of the Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity (MAMAS).
Workshops
Dr. Naber provides workshops for faculty and graduate students of color focusing on transforming academic violence into writing prosperity.
Op-Ed
Dr. Naber writes Op-Eds for progressive news outlets such as Truthout, The Chicago Reporter, and Ms. Magazine. Her OpEds contribute political analysis and activist and policy frameworks related to decolonial and anti-militarist feminist activism; racial justice for MENA and Muslim communities; Palestinian liberation; reproductive justice and abolition; and global solidarity movements.
Let’s Work for Global, Anti-Imperialist Reproductive Justice This Mother’s Day
Across the United States this Mother’s Day, the right to have control over one’s body is under attack. More than 530 abortion restrictions have been introduced in 42 states. The Supreme Court is on the precipice of delivering a lethal blow to Roe v. Wade. Conservative...
From Palestine to US Prisons, Radical Love Can Guide Out Fight for Liberation
Cornel West famously said that “justice is what love looks like in public,” yet most public versions of Valentine’s Day eschew this collectivist, politicized understanding, instead constructing love as a supremely individualistic and capitalist enterprise.
There Are No Silent Vigils during Genocide
The U.S. and Israel have now murdered over 15,000 Palestinians, including more than 6,150 children—most buried alive under the rubble.
Press
Dr. Naber is regularly featured in the press where she provides insight about topics such as Arab Americans, Middle East Politics, Activist Movements, and Feminism.
United Nations urges action in Chicago Police torture cases
New UIC Study Examines Experiences of Chicagoland Arab Americans
A groundbreaking study out of UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy finds that Chicagoland Arab American communities face widespread racism and a lack of support and resources from government agencies. Co-author Dr. Nadine Naber of “Beyond Erasure and...
Caregivers On The Front Lines of Chicago’s Abolitionist Movement
Originally published in Prism here. Ten parents (nine mothers and one father) make up Mothers of the Kidnapped (MOK), the feminist abolitionist collective partnering with the United Nations to demand Illinois officials pardon all survivors of police torture and...
Media
View Dr. Naber’s video and audio appearances presenting at conferences, public events, and in interviews with various media outlets in audio or video form.
Video
Dr. Naber was a featured speaker for TEDX, Feminist Freedom Warriors, and the YWCA.
Nadine Naber at TEDx Oak Park Women: Arab Feminism is Not an Oxymoron
Nadine Naber’s talk, Arab Feminism is Not an Oxymoron at TedxOakParkWomen on December 12, 2019, illustrates how stereotypical understandings of the concepts of both “Arab culture” and “feminism” lead many people to believe that Arab feminism is an oxymoron.
Audio
Dr. Naber speaks on podcasts and radio shows such as NPR and Movement Memos.
Liberation Pedagogy Podcast – Liberate Your Research
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liberationpedagogypodcast/embed/episodes/Episode-14---Liberate-Your-Research-erddcr Episode 14 of the Liberation Pedagogy Podcast discusses Nadine Naber’s “Liberate Your Research” workshop which helps radical feminist scholars...
Awards & Recognition
Dr. Naber has received numerous awards for her research and activism.
Dr. Naber named Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar
Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) is thrilled to announce the newest cohort of Freedom Scholars, a prestigious award recognizing exceptional scholar-activists committed to advancing justice and equity.
2022 Spring YWomen Film
6-minute segment in the 2022 Spring YWomen Film, produced by Susan Hope Engel as part of the YWCA YWomen Leadership Celebration. Nadine Naber is a 2022 Recipient of the YWomen Leadership Award.
Faculty Diversity Fellow, University of Michigan
2012-2013: Faculty Diversity Fellow, University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School