Nahla Abdo Archives

The Nahla Abdo Archives is a digital repository dedicated to the life’s work of Dr. Nahla Abdo, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology at Carleton University. Her decades of scholarship and activism on settler colonialism, political imprisonment, and Indigenous and Palestinian women’s resistance have shaped generations of students and researchers. This archive preserves her academic and public contributions to ensure continued access and engagement with her radical legacy.

About Dr. Nahla Abdo

Dr. Nahla Abdo is Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology at Carleton University and a leading voice in the study of settler colonialism, gender, and resistance. Her work explores how colonial governments, like those in North America (Turtle Island) and Israel (Palestine), have used violence, displacement, and racism to target Indigenous peoples.

Dr. Abdo focuses especially on the experiences of Palestinian women and political prisoners, showing how race, gender, and class are deeply connected in systems of oppression. Her research challenges both colonialism and patriarchy, offering powerful tools for understanding and resisting injustice.

As an anti-colonial and feminist scholar, Dr. Abdo has inspired generations of students to think critically about power, history, and liberation. This archive preserves her work so that it can continue to support learning, organizing, and decolonial research for years to come.