Marwa Shantir is a leader at the Excellence Center/Engage in Palestine. Instead of sticking with her Islamic Studies degree from Hebron University, she chose to help her community in Palestine. Since 2012, she’s been working at the Excellence Center in Hebron, starting as a Center Coordinator.

Marwa believes strongly in education and sharing cultures. The Excellence Center offers various programs for Palestinian kids, women, refugees, and young people. They focus on education, community development, and cultural exchange. Marwa loves her job because she gets to meet international volunteers and students from all over the world and share her culture with them.

Under her leadership, the Excellence Center has won community awards for being top volunteer organizations, best language school, to teach program, and best internship providers for the years 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, beating 13,000 organizations worldwide. She’s passionate about making a positive impact on Palestinian society and connecting with people globally.

We are very lucky to have such a kind, intelligent, and charismatic leader like Marwa.