Alaa lulus dari Fakultas Kedokteran, [[Universitas AlexandriaIskandariyah]] pada Januari 2021 dengan gelar Sarjana Kedokteran, Dokter Bedah (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery/MB Bch).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-8899|title=Alaa Najjar (Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6362-8899)|access-date={{date|2021-08-19}}|archive-date={{date|2020-11-17}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117105133/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-8899|url-status=live}}</ref> Dia bekerja di sebuah "rumah sakit umum yang sangat sibuk", saat diwawancarai oleh ''The National'' pada tahun 2021.<ref name="National">{{Cite web|last=Bedirian|first=Razmig|date={{date|16 August 2021}}|title=Arab medical professional Alaa Najjar honoured by Wikipedia for Covid-19 coverage|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/08/16/arab-medical-professional-alaa-najjar-honoured-by-wikipedia-for-covid-19-coverage/|url-status=live|access-date={{date|2021-08-19}}|website=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|archive-date={{date|2021-08-16}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816092141/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/08/16/arab-medical-professional-alaa-najjar-honoured-by-wikipedia-for-covid-19-coverage/}}</ref>
