NEVINE ABRAHAM, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor & Coordinator of Arabic Studies
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
Carnegie Mellon University
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I am an Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where I also serve as the Coordinator of the Arabic Studies program (2024-2027). My journey at CMU began in 2012 as a French instructor, but my passion for Arabic language and culture soon led me to help develop the university's Arabic program. My faculty Teaching position started in Fall 2022.
My career is defined by a synergy between my scholarly research and publications and my commitment to innovative, culturally immersive pedagogy. My scholarship focuses on the intersection of literary-cultural studies, indigeneity, minoritization, and food studies. My work critically examines the historical and political forces, ranging from imperialism to post-independence nationalism, that have marginalized various groups across the Middle East and North Africa. I weave these themes into the classroom to help students understand the complexities of power, identity, and representation. As the co-author of an interactive documentary on Palestinian and Israeli Food Cultures, and of two Online Arabic Curricula (co-authored the second one) for the Open Learning Initiative, I have used experiential learning and technology to anchor linguistic acquisition in sociocultural frameworks. I strive to transform the classroom into a space where students achieve linguistic mastery while cultivating their intercultural competence.
Education / Training:
PhD, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
MA, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Al Alsun (Faculté des Langues), Ain Shams University, Egypt
OPI Tester Full Certification, Arabic.
Educational Publications:
Abraham, N. and Gisele El Khoury (2026). Elementary Arabic Two. Open Learning Initiative. Author and media creator. Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Abraham, N. (2024). Elementary Arabic One. Open Learning Initiative. Author and media creator. Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Abraham, N., M. Friedman, R. Vituccio (2024). Tastes of Two Lands: An Odyssey into the Culinary Landscapes of Israel and Palestine : An Interactive Documentary. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Abraham, N. (2013 - 2021). Co-author, content developer, and media creator for Arabic for Global Exchange Online. Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Peer-Reviewed 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
Abraham, N. (2024). “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), 58-82. https://doi.org/10.24847/v11i12024.393
Abraham, N. (2023). "Mobilizing Religious Differences and Terrorism, Negotiating Civil Rights in Egypt." Digest of Middle East Studies 32(1), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/dome.12292
Abraham, N. (2023). “Changing Lives Through Hip Hop in Casablanca Beats (2021): Interview with Nabil Ayouch.” Review of Middle East Studies, 56(2), 382-388. https://doi.org/10.1017/rms.2023.9
Abraham, N.(2022). "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 Cinema 13(2.3), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac_00053_1
Abraham, N. (2021). "Patriarchy, Subordination, and Rise of the Individual in Hisham Matar's In the Country of Men." Arab Studies Quarterly 43(4). DOI: 10.13169/arabstudquar.43.4.0333
Other Publications:
Abraham, N. (2025). Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire. Candace Lukasik (New York: New York University Press, 2025). Pp. 294. $89.00 cloth, $32.00 paper. ISBN: 9781479833221. International Journal of Middle East Studies 57(2), 416-419. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743825100937
Abraham, N. (2023). "Liberating Palestine in Spain: Novel on Palestinian Arab Volunteers in the International Brigades." The Volunteer: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), 12-14.
Abraham, N. and M. Friedman (2022). "Journeys into the Culinary Landscapes of Israel and Palestine: The Virtues of Co-Teaching on Conflict." Association for Jewish Studies Perspectives: Travel Issue.
Abraham, N. (2021). "Egyptian Novelist Shady Lewis on Coptic Identity, Church-State Relations, and Citizenship." ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly.
Abraham, Nevine (2021). "The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt." The Markaz Review: Origins Issue.
Abraham, N., B. Bensalem, F. Kattan, R. Sekiguchi, (2022). "An Oral History of Mouloukhiya from Egypt, Palestine, Tunisia and Japan." The Markaz Review.
Abraham, N. (2003-2008). Author and content developer of Online Elementary French I & II courses. Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
Demian, N. (2002). Kalimat. The ViewPoints Project for the Five Colleges of Ohio Consortium, Inc.
Areas of expertise:
Areas of expertise:
Arabic Language, Culture, and Literature
Coptic Studies
Diasporic Memory
Censorship and Film Studies in the Arab World
Minority Rights and Citizenship in the Arab World
Human Rights and Social Justice in the Arab World
Racialization and Body in the Arab World
Peacemaking in pedagogy
Palestinian and Israeli Food Cultures
Travel Pedagogy
Communicative Speaking in Online SLA
Intercultural Dialogue and Competence
Courses taught:
Courses taught:
Elementary Arabic One Online
Elementary through Advanced Arabic
Arabic for Oral Communication
Arabic for Global Exchange Online
Elementary and Intermediate French
Introduction to French Culture
Elementary I and II French Online
Arab Identities and Gender Roles in Conflict Zones in the Arab World
Arab Women of the Middle East and North Africa
Understanding Cultural Complexities: Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa
Interpreting Global Texts and Cultures
Global Minorities: Stories of Resistance in Arab Countries (CMU-Qatar).
Global Food Cultures (team-taught) (Fall 2025)
Interdisciplinary Courses:
Dietrich College Grand Challenge First-Year Seminar: Palestinian and Israeli Food Cultures (with Michal Friedman, Department of History, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Fall 2022).
Documenting Israeli and Palestinian Food Cultures: Teaching and Travel (with Michal Friedman, Department of History, and Ralph Vituccio, Entertainment Technology Center, Spring 2023).
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