Fictional character Abed Nadir from the NBC comedy series Community is one of the seven protagonists of the series.

Abed Nadir (ARABIC: عابد القوبي نادر) is a graduate of Greendale Community College. Abed had a difficult life growing up, due in part to his parents. There was cultural discord between them, as Abed's father is a Palestinian from Gaza and his mother Polish American. Abed is heavily implied to be on the autism spectrum, and as a result often has a hard time relating to/communicating with others. His mother left his family when he was 6 years old, and Abed assumed his father blamed him for it. This created distance between them and resulted in Abed alienating himself further by immersing himself in American pop-culture.

His father allowed him to enroll at Greendale Community College only so he could take classes which would help Abed one day take over his dad's falafel restaurant. Eventually Abed convinced his father to let him study filmmaking instead. During this time he grew close to a study group he joined, particularly Troy Barnes, who became his best friend and roommate.
After four years at school, he graduated with a film degree, but was unable to find work as a filmmaker besides doing a commercial for Jeff's short-lived law firm.

During their first year, Troy and Abed started their hit-imaginary TV series, Troy and Abed in the Morning.