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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 (12)

  1. Arab and Black Feminisms: Joint Struggle and Transnational Anti-Imperialist Activism (2016) (2485)
  2. The Radical Potential of Mothering during the Egyptian Revolution (2250)
  3. Sondra Hale’s Ethnographic Accountability (2014) (2160)
  4. Reframing the War on Terror (1854)
  5. Transnational Families Under Siege (2009) (1846)
  6. The U.S. and Israel Make the Connections for Us (1557)
  7. Reproductive Justice from Turtle Island to Palestine (2023) (253)
  8. Reflections on Feminist Interventions within the 2015 Anticorruption Protests in Lebanon (65)
  9. Palestine Is Ethnic Studies: The Struggle for Arab American Studies in K–12 Ethnic Studies Curriculum (2023, with Lara Kiswani and Samia Shoman) (52)
  10. Muslim First, Arab Second (46)
  11. Middle East Section (41)
  12. The Rules of Forced Engagement: Race, Gender, and the Culture of Fear among Arab Immigrants in San Francisco Post-9/11 (2006) (0)

Books and Book Length Reports (9)

  1. Attacks on Feminists in Egypt: The Militarization of Public Space and Accountable Solidarity (2366)
  2. Project Muse: The Cry for Human Rights: Violence, Transition, and the Egyptian Revolution (2275)
  3. The Forgotten “–ism": An Arab American Women’s Perspective on Zionism, Racism and Sexism (2038)
  4. Sectarianism and National Emergencies: Barriers or Facilitators for Women, Sexual Minorities and Transgender People (1965)
  5. The Social Pillar and the Paradox of Development in the Arab Region (1789)
  6. Project Muse: Intersectionality in an Era of Globalization: The Implications of the UN World Conference against Racism for Transnational Feminist Practices–A Conference Report (1458)
  7. Arab and Arab American Feminisms: An Introduction (1439)
  8. Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (296)
  9. Beyond Erasure and Profiling: Cultivating Strong and Vibrant Arab American Communities in Chicagoland (0)

Op-Ed (25)

  1. University Needs To Do Better When Identifying Race (3040)
  2. Help For Afghan Women Was Needed Before Taliban Takeover (2661)
  3. Sectarianism and National Emergencies: Barriers or Facilitators for Women, Sexual Minorities and Transgender People (2658)
  4. Blatant Racism Against Muslims Is Still With Us (2398)
  5. When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too (2346)
  6. Jadaliyya - The 21st Century Problem of Anti-Muslim Racism (2323)
  7. The U.S. Has a Torture Problem Too (2276)
  8. Let’s Work for Global, Anti-Imperialist Reproductive Justice This Mother’s Day (2203)
  9. Jadaliyya - Here We Go Again: Saving Muslim Women and Queers in the Age of Trump (2095)
  10. Organizing After the Odeh Verdict (2093)
  11. Let’s Celebrate Mothers Who Are Fighting to Set Their Loved Ones Free (2081)
  12. From Palestine to US Prisons, Radical Love CanGuide Our Fight for Liberation (2059)
  13. We Must Commit Ourselves to Long-Term Solidarity With Palestinian Liberation (1975)
  14. Muslim Holiday Is About Sharing And Caring For The Needy (1924)
  15. Jadaliyya - Imperial Feminism, Islamophobia, and the Egyptian Revolution (1901)
  16. Jadaliyya - Including Arab Americans in the Biden Administration is not Enough (1899)
  17. Jadaliyya - Transnational Anti-Imperialism and Middle East Women’s Studies (1885)
  18. Justice for Rasmea Odeh (1845)
  19. 20 Years After 09/11, Anti-Arab Imperialist Racism Is AliveAnd Well (1795)
  20. El Saadawi Was Much More Than News Media Portrayed (1665)
  21. To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism (1628)
  22. Vaccines Aren't Enough to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons (1591)
  23. Human Rights from the Ground Up:Women and the Egyptian Revolution (1561)
  24. Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist perspective (1431)
  25. Mothers of Victims of Police Don't Want Your Pity. They Want Solidarity–and Justice (1356)

Book Reviews (13)

  1. Islamic Horizons Review: Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11 (2458)
  2. Arab America (2146)
  3. Against The Current Review: Arab and Arab American Feminisnns: Gender, Violence, and Belonging (2008)
  4. Contemporary Socioligy Review: Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1919)
  5. Arab and Arab-American Feminisms (1918)
  6. Journal of International Women's Studies Review: Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1902)
  7. Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1861)
  8. Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects (1791)
  9. Amnesty Int'l Review of Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (1708)
  10. Pluto Journals Review: Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belong (1704)
  11. Race and Arab Americans before and After 9/11 (1439)
  12. Representation and Realities: (1379)
  13. Review: Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (44)

Book Chapters (5)

  1. Genocide and "Us" Domination≄Liberation, Only We Can Liberate Ourselves (2346)
  2. A Call for Consistency: Palestinian Resistance and Radical US Women of Color (2164)
  3. Look Mohammed, The Terrorist is Coming! (1769)
  4. So Our History Doesn't Become Your Future (1748)
  5. Decolonizing Culture: Beyond Orientalist and Anti-Orientalist Feminisms (2010) (47)

Co-Edited Books (2)

  1. Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11 (Edited with Amaney A. Jamal) (1485)
  2. Towards the Sun (Edited with the Arab Women’s Committee of the Arab American Action Network) (2)

Syllabus (1)

  1. Islamaphobia is Racism Syllabus (2074)