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 wrongful convictions. Their sons are 10 of more than 500 people whose cases have piled up …
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Op-ed by Amira Jarmakani , Nadine Naber , Monica Ramsy originally published in Truthout here. What will your conversation heart say this Valentine’s Day? Will it replicate the possessive politics of modern heteronormative love — summed up by phrases like “be mine” — or will it communicate the idea that love is always political, and that the greatest act of …
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Originally published on CBS Chicago here. CHICAGO (CBS) — Arab Americans across Chicagoland experience discrimination and inequities in all areas of life – from the workplace, to schools, to their interactions with police, according to a first of its kind report released Monday. The report is by the University of Illinois Chicago’s Institute for Research on …
Are you in a toxic relationship with academia? During my Liberate Your Research workshops with faculty and graduate students of color, I ask participants to share how they feel about their research. In every workshop, nearly every participant responds with words like: tortured, disempowered, and struggling. As we share, we realize that we are not …
Nadine was recently featured on iHeartRadio as part of the podcast Rep. The podcast episode can be found here on Spotify. Nadine’s part begins at 33:30.
Do you ever find yourself obsessing over what gatekeepers are going to think about your work? Have you ever feared that you may not survive an academic evaluation? Of course, hierarchical academic structures–reviews, tenure evaluations, etc.–create the conditions that foster these anxieties. Disciplinary conventions rooted in white supremacy and racist/classist/heterosexist gatekeeping intensify these anxieties for …
