In 2011, Jawhar put her career as a journalist on hiatus in order to complete her post-graduate studies at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. She earned her doctorate in April 2012 in educational applied linguistics and resumed teaching at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. In 2012, she became a columnist for the Arab News,[6] focusing primarily on women's rights and government issues.