Karrem Nasr biography: 13 things about Lawrenceville, New Jersey man

Karrem Nasr is a United States citizen of Egyptian descent. His family from Alexandria, Egypt.

Nasr is a supporter of al Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization that has attacked Americans and U.S. allies, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In November 2023, Nasr started communicating with who he thought was a facilitator for terrorist organizations but was actually an FBI confidential source.

Born and raised in the U.S., Nasr is fluent in English and Arabic. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On August 28, 2020, he took to Facebook to show his “solidarity with the Civil Rights movement” in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, who was shot by Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA on August 23, 2020.
2. On August 22, 2021, he visited TROOPS MMA, a martial arts school in Alexandria.
3. On December 14, 2022, he wrote on Facebook, “The masculine urge to move to Egypt to go monk mode on fighting and copywriting.”
4. On February 14, 2023, he updated his Facebook cover photo with a graphic indicating that he is a copywriter. On March 6, 2023, he wrote on Facebook, “My first exposure to direct response copywriting was a VSL for a basketball training program when I was 11. Looking back now it was one of the best VSLs I ever watched.”
5. On May 18, 2023, he wrote on Facebook,
6. On July 16, 2023, he moved from Lawrenceville to Egypt to study Arabic. 
7. On November 14, 2023, he used an account with display name Ghareeb Al-Muhajir on an encrypted messaging application to contact an FBI information posing as a facilitator for terrorist organizations and asked for guidance on how to join al Shabaab.
8. On November 15, 2023, he turned 23.
9. On November 18, 2023, he started discussing with an FBI informant the logistics surrounding his plans to travel to Somalia and join al Shabaab.
10. On November 30, 2023, he wrote on X, “Jihad on your home turf. Coming soon to a US location near you.” On the same day, he sent an FBI informant a screenshot of information for a flight leaving Cairo, Egypt on January 11, 2024 and arriving in Nairobi, Kenya on January 12, 2024, a screenshot of a reservation for a one-night stay at a hotel in Nairobi and a screenshot of a reservation for a flight to John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York City, New York, USA from Nairobi on January 18, 2024.
11. On December 14, 2023, he flew from Egypt to Kenya. Later that day, he was arrested in Nairobi and U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang signed a criminal complaint filed against him by an FBI agent.
12. On December 28, 2023, he was transported from Nairobi to the U.S. 
13. On December 29, 2023, he appeared in federal court in Manhattan, New York City before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.