Nori Abdullah

Nori began her career at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Malaysia in 1999, where she is currently a visiting fellow. In 2003, she joined Noordin Sopiee & Associates (NSA), which conducts research and political analysis of current affairs, as a deputy editor and was appointed editor in 2004. Following the death of Noordin Sopiee, she now serves as the executive chairperson of NSA.^[1][2]

Nori is also a founding member of Puteri UMNO, the youth women's wing of Malaysia's largest political party, the United Malays National Organisation, and was a member of the movement's Executive Council for the 2002–2004 term.^[3] She currently serves on the Malaysia National Youth Consultative Council, a representative body that works with the Ministry of Youth and Sports on policy issues.

On 2 August 2000, she co-founded the Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (PENYAYANG) with her mother, Endon Mahmood, where she served as the board of trustees with her brother, Kamaluddin Abdullah, Abd Rahim Mohamad, Francis Lau Tuang Nguang, Jasmy Ismail and Azlinda Azman. After her mother's death on 20 October 2005 due to breast cancer, she has been the chairperson and board of trustees of PENYAYANG.

In October 2001, Nori married Khairy Jamaluddin (born 1976).^[4][5] The couple have three sons, Jibreil Ali Khairy (born 2007), Timor Abdullah Khairy (born 2008) and Raif Averroes Khairy (born 2015).^[4][6] In April 2016, her husband Khairy has opened up about their second son, Timor Abdullah who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).^[7]