Research
Dr. Nadine Naber is a scholar activist from Al Salt, Jordan. She conducts research in collaboration with local communities of color, social movements, and policy-based processes.
Dr. Naber received her PhD in Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Davis in 2002. She is currently a Professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and the Global Asian Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC).
Her work focuses on racial justice and MENA communities; Arab and Muslim feminist and queer activism; activist mothering within the Arab Spring revolutions and U.S. social movements; feminist abolition; feminist-queer of color activism against militarism, war, and colonization; feminist of color coalition/solidarity politics; and activist research methodologies.
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Journal Articles (13)
- ARAB AND BLACK FEMINISMS (5)
- Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11 (4)
- Reframing the War on Terror (2)
- The U.S. and Israel Make the Connections for Us (2)
- Reflections on Feminist Interventions within the 2015 Anticorruption Protests in Lebanon (1)
- Middle East Section (1)
- New Wave Arab American Studies (1)
- Decolonizing Culture (1)
- Palestine is Ethnic Studies (1)
- The Radical Potential of Mothering during the Egyptian Revolution (1)
- SONDRA HALE’S ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNTABILITY (1)
- Transnational Families Under Siege (1)
- Muslim First, Arab Second (0)
Books and Book Length Reports (9)
- Sectarianism and National Emergencies: Barriers or Facilitators for Women, Sexual Minorities and Transgender People (4)
- The Social Pillar and the Paradox of Development in the Arab Region (4)
- The Forgotten “–ism": An Arab American Women’s Perspective on Zionism, Racism and Sexism (2)
- Arab and Arab American Feminisms: An Introduction (1)
- Attacks on Feminists in Egypt: The Militarization of Public Space and Accountable Solidarity (1)
- Project Muse: The Cry for Human Rights: Violence, Transition, and the Egyptian Revolution (1)
- Beyond Erasure and Profiling: Cultivating Strong and Vibrant Arab American Communities in Chicagoland (0)
- The Rules of Forced Engagement: Race, Gender, and the Culture of Fear among Arab Immigrants in San Francisco Post-9/11 (0)
- Project Muse: Intersectionality in an Era of Globalization: The Implications of the UN World Conference against Racism for Transnational Feminist Practices–A Conference Report (0)
Op-Ed (25)
- 20 Years After 09/11, Anti-Arab Imperialist Racism Is AliveAnd Well (2)
- Blatant Racism Against Muslims Is Still With Us (2)
- El Saadawi Was Much More Than News Media Portrayed (2)
- Muslim Holiday Is About Sharing And Caring For The Needy (2)
- We Must Commit Ourselves to Long-Term Solidarity With Palestinian Liberation (2)
- The U.S. Has a Torture Problem Too (2)
- Sectarianism and National Emergencies: Barriers or Facilitators for Women, Sexual Minorities and Transgender People (2)
- When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too (1)
- University Needs To Do Better When Identifying Race (1)
- To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism (1)
- Organizing After the Odeh Verdict (1)
- Let’s Work for Global, Anti-Imperialist Reproductive Justice This Mother’s Day (1)
- Let’s Celebrate Mothers Who Are Fighting to Set Their Loved Ones Free (1)
- Justice for Rasmea Odeh (1)
- Jadaliyya - Transnational Anti-Imperialism and Middle East Women’s Studies (1)
- Jadaliyya - The 21st Century Problem of Anti-Muslim Racism (1)
- Jadaliyya - Including Arab Americans in the Biden Administration is not Enough (1)
- Jadaliyya - Imperial Feminism, Islamophobia, and the Egyptian Revolution (1)
- Jadaliyya - Here We Go Again: Saving Muslim Women and Queers in the Age of Trump (1)
- Human Rights from the Ground Up:Women and the Egyptian Revolution (1)
- Help For Afghan Women Was Needed Before Taliban Takeover (1)
- From Palestine to US Prisons, Radical Love CanGuide Our Fight for Liberation (1)
- Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist perspective (1)
- Mothers of Victims of Police Don't Want Your Pity. They Want Solidarity–and Justice (0)
- Vaccines Aren't Enough to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons (0)
Book Reviews (13)
- Against The Current Review: Arab and Arab American Feminisnns: Gender, Violence, and Belonging (2)
- Journal of International Women's Studies Review: Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (2)
- Review: Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (2)
- Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects (1)
- Amnesty Int'l Review of Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1)
- Contemporary Socioligy Review: Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1)
- Pluto Journals Review: Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belong (1)
- Islamic Horizons Review: Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11 (1)
- Race and Arab Americans before and After 9/11 (1)
- Arab and Arab-American Feminisms (1)
- Representation and Realities: (1)
- Arab America (1)
- Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1)