Nabeel Abraham

Nabeel Abraham
Born	1950 North Carolina, United States
Occupation(s)	Anthropologist, advocate, columnist, editor
Years active	Until retirement (after 28 years at Henry Ford Community College)
Known for	Focus on portrayal of Arab-Americans in U.S. media; editor of Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade

Nabeel Abraham (b. 1950) is a United States-based anthropologist and advocate known for his focus on the portrayal of Arab-Americans within mainstream U.S. media.

Biography

Born in North Carolina, Abraham relocated with his family to Detroit, Michigan in 1955, where his father established a retail business. His family heritage traces back to Palestine. He completed his secondary education at Cass Technical High School and pursued higher education at Wayne State University, obtaining degrees in anthropology and sociology. He further advanced his studies by earning a master's degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

For 18 years, Abraham led the Honors Program at Henry Ford Community College, eventually retiring after 28 years of service due to financial difficulties faced by the college.

Abraham contributed as a columnist for Lies of Our Times until 1994 and also authored pieces for Middle East Report. He served as co-editor of Arab Detroit and was the editor of Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade (2011), a work that received accolades including the Midwest Book Award, Independent Publishers Book Award, and Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.

His archival materials are preserved at the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan. In 2016, the Detroit Historical Society conducted an interview with him regarding his experiences as an Arab-American adolescent during the 1960s in Detroit.

Bibliography

• Kaldas, Pauline and Khaled Mattawa (editors). Dinarzad's Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas (2009). ISBN 1557289123.