Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s daughter Habiba Alcindor began her career in the entertainment industry in January 1997 as a Script Reader in The Wilma Theater. She worked there till January 2000. After that, she worked in The Nation Institute from 2002 to 2003, where she coordinated the production and marketing of Radio Nation. Later, from 2003 to 2012, Habiba was the communications coordinator in The Nation Magazine.
After working in The Nation, Habiba served as a Media Specialist in FEMA from 2013 to 2017. The skilled princess of Kareem is working as Development Associate on Ryan Health since 2017 and in The Floating Hospital since 2019 to present. Moreover, she is also a Journalist and writes for various famous online newspapers like The Huffington Post and The New York Times.
Furthermore, Habiba is the director and screenwriter of a dramatic series loosely based on the Los Angeles Lakers ‘Gold Rush‘. The producer of the drama series is none other than Victorious DeCosta. She created the dramatic sequence to fuse her experience in journalism with her interest in creative writing.
While Habiba gets free time from her work, she volunteers at Paper Tiger, a radical media collaborative. Habiba is also a board member of the Sports Fan Coalition, which lobbies for the rights of players and fans of all sports.
While Habiba has found immense success in her career, her half-brother Adam got into the wrong side of the law. He was arrested for attacking his neighbor during an argument and was sentenced to 180 days in jail for his crime.
