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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 (13)

  1. ARAB AND BLACK FEMINISMS (5)
  2. Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11 (4)
  3. Reframing the War on Terror (2)
  4. The U.S. and Israel Make the Connections for Us (2)
  5. Reflections on Feminist Interventions within the 2015 Anticorruption Protests in Lebanon (1)
  6. Middle East Section (1)
  7. New Wave Arab American Studies (1)
  8. Decolonizing Culture (1)
  9. Palestine is Ethnic Studies (1)
  10. The Radical Potential of Mothering during the Egyptian Revolution (1)
  11. SONDRA HALE’S ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNTABILITY (1)
  12. Transnational Families Under Siege (1)
  13. Muslim First, Arab Second (0)

Books and Book Length Reports (9)

  1. Sectarianism and National Emergencies: Barriers or Facilitators for Women, Sexual Minorities and Transgender People (4)
  2. The Social Pillar and the Paradox of Development in the Arab Region (4)
  3. The Forgotten “–ism": An Arab American Women’s Perspective on Zionism, Racism and Sexism (2)
  4. Arab and Arab American Feminisms: An Introduction (1)
  5. Attacks on Feminists in Egypt: The Militarization of Public Space and Accountable Solidarity (1)
  6. Project Muse: The Cry for Human Rights: Violence, Transition, and the Egyptian Revolution (1)
  7. Beyond Erasure and Profiling: Cultivating Strong and Vibrant Arab American Communities in Chicagoland (0)
  8. The Rules of Forced Engagement: Race, Gender, and the Culture of Fear among Arab Immigrants in San Francisco Post-9/11 (0)
  9. 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)

  1. 20 Years After 09/11, Anti-Arab Imperialist Racism Is AliveAnd Well (2)
  2. Blatant Racism Against Muslims Is Still With Us (2)
  3. El Saadawi Was Much More Than News Media Portrayed (2)
  4. Muslim Holiday Is About Sharing And Caring For The Needy (2)
  5. We Must Commit Ourselves to Long-Term Solidarity With Palestinian Liberation (2)
  6. The U.S. Has a Torture Problem Too (2)
  7. Sectarianism and National Emergencies: Barriers or Facilitators for Women, Sexual Minorities and Transgender People (2)
  8. When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too (1)
  9. University Needs To Do Better When Identifying Race (1)
  10. To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism (1)
  11. Organizing After the Odeh Verdict (1)
  12. Let’s Work for Global, Anti-Imperialist Reproductive Justice This Mother’s Day (1)
  13. Let’s Celebrate Mothers Who Are Fighting to Set Their Loved Ones Free (1)
  14. Justice for Rasmea Odeh (1)
  15. Jadaliyya - Transnational Anti-Imperialism and Middle East Women’s Studies (1)
  16. Jadaliyya - The 21st Century Problem of Anti-Muslim Racism (1)
  17. Jadaliyya - Including Arab Americans in the Biden Administration is not Enough (1)
  18. Jadaliyya - Imperial Feminism, Islamophobia, and the Egyptian Revolution (1)
  19. Jadaliyya - Here We Go Again: Saving Muslim Women and Queers in the Age of Trump (1)
  20. Human Rights from the Ground Up:Women and the Egyptian Revolution (1)
  21. Help For Afghan Women Was Needed Before Taliban Takeover (1)
  22. From Palestine to US Prisons, Radical Love CanGuide Our Fight for Liberation (1)
  23. Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist perspective (1)
  24. Mothers of Victims of Police Don't Want Your Pity. They Want Solidarity–and Justice (0)
  25. Vaccines Aren't Enough to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons (0)

Book Reviews (13)

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

Book Chapters (5)

  1. So Our History Doesn't Become Your Future (3)
  2. Towards the Sun (2)
  3. Genocide and "Us" Domination≄Liberation, Only We Can Liberate Ourselves (1)
  4. A Call for Consistency: Palestinian Resistance and Radical US Women of Color (1)
  5. Look Mohammed, The Terrorist is Coming! (1)

Syllabus (1)

  1. Islamaphobia is Racism Syllabus (3)