Nevine Abraham
Assistant Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Arabic Studies
- POS 341G
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
Ph.D., Twentieth Century French Literature and Culture, The Ohio State UniversityM.A., French Literature, Kent State University
B.A., Faculté des Langues, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Bio
Nevine Abraham's work is positioned at the intersection of literary-cultural studies, indigeneity and the issues of social justice and minoritization in the Arabic-speaking world. She examines minorities in the intellectual, social and political history of the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on the role of the institutions of power — from imperialism to post-independence nationalism and subsequent regimes — in marginalizing groups, compromising their rights and shaping their sense of citizenship and belonging.
Areas of Interest
- Coptic studies
- Minority rights, social justice and racialization in the Arab World
- Censorship and film studies in the Arab World
- Peacemaking in pedagogy
- Palestinian and Israeli food cultures
- Intercultural dialogue and competence
Courses Taught
- 82-111/112 Elementary Arabic; 82-211/212 Intermediate Arabic; 82-311/312 Advanced Arabic; 82-412 Topics in Arabic Studies
- 82-215 Understanding Cultural Complexities: Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa
- 66-128 Dietrich College Grand Challenge First-Year Seminar: Palestinian and Israeli Food Cultures
- 82-282 Interpreting Global Texts and Cultures
- 82-193/82-299 Global Minorities: Stories of Diversity, Resistance and Survivance (CMU-Q)
Selected Awards & Honors
- The Simon Initiative Seeds Grant, 2023
- The Institute of International Education & The Aspen Institute's Stevens Initiative Harnessing Innovation Through Virtual Exchange (HIVE) Sub-Award, Spring 2018–Fall 2019
Selected Community, University & Professional Service
- Coordinator of the Arabic Studies program, Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics, Carnegie Mellon University
- Artists and Scholars at Risk (ASAR) Program Committee, Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University
- Undergraduate Studies Committee, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
- Deeper Conversations Academic Series Committee, Carnegie Mellon University
- Editorial Consultant on the Editorial Board, Critical Arts Journal
Selected Publications
- Abraham, N. (2024). “From Social and National Struggle in Mandate Palestine to Combatting Fascism in Spain: Yassin’s ᶜAlī, Qissat Rajul Mustaqīm (2017).” Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/1475262X.2024.2387019
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Abraham, Nevine. “Copts in the National and Religious Discourses: A Narrative of Resistance in Shady Lewis’s Ṭorok al Rab (Ways of the Lord) (2018).” Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, 11(1). 2024. https://doi.org/10.
24847/v11i12024.393 - Abraham, Nevine (2023). "Mobilizing Religious Differences and Terrorism, Negotiating Civil Rights in Egypt." Digest of Middle East Studies 32(2).
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Abraham, Nevine. "Patriarchy, Subordination, and Rise of the Individual in Hisham Matar's In the Country of Men." Arab Studies Quarterly 43 (4). 2021.
- Abraham, Nevine. "Censorship, Public Opinion, and the Representation of Coptic Minority in Contemporary Egyptian Cinema: The Case of Amr Salama’s Lamo’aķhza/Excuse My French (2014)." Journal of African Cinemas 13(2.3), 2021.