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Omar Ferwana
Omar Ferwana
عمر فروانة
Born	Omar Saleh Omar Ferwana; 7 February 1956; Sabra, Gaza, All-Palestine Protectorate
Died	15 October 2023 (aged 67); Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip
Other names	O S Ferwana, Ferwana OS
Occupation(s)	Gynaecologist and researcher

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 others accused of incitement and association with 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.

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[:0-1] "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.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.

[4] "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.

[5] 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.

[6] "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.

[7] 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.

[8] "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.

[9] "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.

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