Abubakr Elnoor
Countries of Expertise
Specialties
- Caste Discrimination/Persecution
- Child Protection/Child Abuse
- Child Soldiers
- Corruption/Impunity
- Deportees/Criminal Deportees
- Ethnic Discrimination/Persecution
- Forced Conscription
- Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/Domestic Violence/Family Violence
- Government/State Actor Persecution
- Honor-Based Violence
- Land Tenure Dispute
- Religious Discrimination/Persecution
- Torture
About Abubakr Elnoor
Abubakr Elnoor is an expert in law, conflict analysis, linguistics, and language education, with extensive academic and professional experience in both Sudan and the United States.
He was born in Darfur, Sudan, and holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Khartoum. He passed the Sudanese Bar Exam and became a certified attorney, later serving as a lecturer at the University of Dongola.
Dr. Elnoor has over a decade of experience in language instruction and cultural training. He has served in multiple roles at the Defense Language Institute, including Assistant Professor of Arabic, Academic Specialist, and Acting Site Director. In these roles, he taught Arabic language and culture, with a focus on honor-based disputes, ethnic and sectarian tensions, and the cultural drivers of conflict in the Middle East and Africa. He also led teams of language and cultural experts, developed curriculum on East African societies, and trained U.S. military personnel in cultural awareness and mediation.
He earned his Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, where he also served as a Teaching Assistant and Community Resolution Specialist. He holds several certifications, including mediation, leadership, and language instruction.
Dr. Elnoor currently resides in Texas and is a father of three.
