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Abdel-Fattah is a fellow at Macquarie University in Sydney and a former litigation lawyer. In addition to her academic publications, she has also published multiple award-winning novels and a picture book.

She is known for her research, essays, media appearances and op-ed writing across a range of topics, including Islamophobia, Palestine, the “war on terror”, youth identities and social movement activism.

In 2025, she was one of 50 authors who boycotted the Bendigo writers’ festival following censorship concerns over a last-minute change to its code of conduct which accepted a controversial definition of antisemitism.