Nabilah Lubis

Nabilah Lubis
Nabilah Lubis
نبيلة عبد الفتاح
	Nabilah Lubis
Born	Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah; March 14, 1942; Cairo, Egypt
Died	February 28, 2026 (aged 83); Cairo, Egypt
Education	University of Cairo (bachelor's degree, 1963); Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (master's degree, 1988); Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (doctor's degree, 1992); Leiden University (Indonesian Netherlands Cooperation in Islamic Studies program, 1989–1990);
Occupations	Writer; book translator; philologist; lecturer;
Organization	Muslimat Nahdlatul Ulama
Spouse	Burhanuddin Umar Lubis (m. 1963; died 2019)
Children	Amany Lubis; Sri Ilham Lubis; Umar Lubis; Ahmad Shabri Lubis;
Parent	‘Abdel Fattah (father)

Nabilah Lubis (born Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah, Arabic: نبيلة عبد الفتاح, romanized: Nabīlah ʻAbd al-Fattaḥ, Arabic pronunciation: [nabiːla ʕabdel fattaːħ]; 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.