Nabilah Lubis

Nabilah Lubis (born Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah, , ; March 14, 1942 – February 28, 2026) was an Indonesian philologist, writer, translator and lecturer. Nabilah was an Egyptian who was married by a Batak Mandailing man from Medan named Burhanuddin Umar Lubis, so she changed her last name to Nabilah Lubis.

Career After Lubis completed her doctoral education at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute (IAIN Jakarta, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta) in 1992, she became the first female doctorate at IAIN Jakarta. Two years later, in 1994, professor Quraish Shihab as chancellor of IAIN Jakarta appointed her as Dean of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities. Lubis retired from her position as Professor at the Faculty of Adab and Humanities at UIN Jakarta in 2007. She was the Expert Council of the Muslimat Nahdlatul Ulama for the period 2016–2021 with Sinta Nuriyah Wahid and eight other people.

Death Lubis died in Cairo on February 28, 2026, at the age of 83.