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Dr. Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid

Jawairriya Abdallah-Shahid earned her doctorate in Educational Theory and Practice from Binghamton University and her Master of Science in education with a concentration in reading from the State University of New York at Cortland. Her broad education experience includes school leadership, teaching, research, education consulting, and social-emotional learning education.

Dr. Jawairriya has worked in school administration in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. She is passionate about all things education and has also earned a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina-Columbia. Serving humanity through education was her segway into social and human services. From providing no cost education consulting services to the underprivileged in the United States, to sponsoring education support services in Pemba, Tanzania, and delivering water to impoverished families in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Dr. Jawairriya is committed to making a difference one human being at a time. Her personal motto, “Perfecting Excellence in Education,” extends to her efforts in perfecting the endeavors made by the Noor Foundation to illuminate hearts and minds through service to humanity.