Omar Ferwana
Omar Ferwana | |
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عمر فروانة | |
Born | Omar Saleh Omar Ferwana (1956-02-07)7 February 1956 Sabra, Gaza, All-Palestine Protectorate |
Died | 15 October 2023(2023-10-15) (aged 67) Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip |
Other names | O S Ferwana, Ferwana OS |
Occupation(s) | Gynaecologist and researcher |
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- Gaza Strip mass graves
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Omar Saleh Omar Ferwana (Arabic: عمر فروانة; 7 February 1956 – 15 October 2023) was a Palestinian gynaecologist and researcher. He worked as a dean and assistant professor at Islamic University of Gaza, Faculty of Medicine.
Biography
Ferwana was born in Sabra, Gaza on 7 February 1956. He was educated at Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1982, then he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.[1] He obtained his PhD in physiology from University of Leeds.[1] He was a member of the board of directors of the Patient's Friends Society-Gaza.[2]
On 17 December 1992, he was expelled by Israel along with 414 other leading figures of Hamas and Islamic Jihad to Marj al-Zohour in southern Lebanon, beyond the Israeli Security Zone.[3][4] Ferwana was there in charge of the medical committee, and he ran the clinic there.[5]
It is noteworthy that his father is the Palestinian poet Saleh Omar Ferwana (Arabic: صالح عمر فراونة; 1936 – 10 March 2013).[6] He published a diwan entitled “Mufradāt Filasṭīnīyah” (Arabic: مفردات فلسطينية) in 2004, and the second part in 2011.[7]
On 15 October 2023, he, his wife, children, and grandchildren were killed during an airstrike attack fired by Israeli Air Force on his home located in Tel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, during the Israeli response to Hamas attack on Israel.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b "عمر فروانة: أستاذ مساعد علم وظائف الأعضاء". Islamic University of Gaza (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "جمعية أصدقاء المريض: استرجعنا أموال المرضى بالقانون". moi.gov.ps (in Arabic). 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Clyde Haberman (19 December 1992). "400 Arabs Ousted by Israel Are Mired in Frozen Limbo". New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "30 عامًا على الإبعاد إلى مرج الزهور." Al-Aqsa voice (in Arabic). 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Al-Borini, Hosni (2012). مرج الزهور: محطة في تاريخ الحركة الإسلامية في فلسطين (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations. p. 147. ISBN 978-9953-500-73-7.
- ^ "غزة- عميد عائلة فروانة الحاج صالح عمر فروانة في ذمة الله". Elagha. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Al-Arawi, Muhannad (27 March 2011). ""مفردات فلسطينية" لصالح فروانة - ديوان العرب". Diwan Al-Arab. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Al-Qassams media figures family killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza". LBC. 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "تحديث: اغتيال الدكتور عمر فروانة وأسرته". Hadarat - For Political & Strategic Studies (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
External links
- Publications by Omar Ferwana at ResearchGate
- Omar Ferwana on Facebook
- Omar Ferwana on LinkedIn
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