Amanda Najib is a scholar-activist and radical educator completing her Ph.D. at NYU. Her teaching, research, and scholarship occur at the intersections of race, politics, and education, with a particular focus on decolonial frameworks and Palestinian feminism. She is currently examining the institutional and systemic discrimination Palestinians face in an effort to theorize a Palestinian Critical Race Theory—one that centers decolonial praxis and moves beyond CRT’s U.S.-centric framework.
Amanda has taught in public schools in New York City and Chicago, as well as in refugee camps in Palestine, Lebanon, and Turkey. She now teaches pre-service teachers at NYU and CUNY. She is also the author of Lana Makes Purple Pizza: A Palestinian Food Tale and the winner of the 2024 Palestine Book Award.
Selected Publications
Najib, A. (2024). Educational Malpractice and the Palestinian Struggle: The Academic and Moral Obligation to Confront the Erasure of a People. Arab Studies Journal, 32(2).
