‘Ali al-Qirinawi (al-Qirināwī) (علي هشام سعيد القريناوي) was a lecturer and researcher at Gaza Community College. He received an MA from the Faculty of Commerce at the Islamic University of Gaza in 2015. The title of his thesis was, The Factors Affecting the Control of the Monetary Authority on the Exchange Companies.
Al-Qirinawi was killed very early in the Israeli war on Gaza while visiting his relatives, the al-Na`ouq family in their home in Dayr al-Balah. On Tuesday, 22 October 2023, the family home was hit by an Israeli airstrike and 21 members of the extended al-N`aouq family, including 14 children and three women, were killed, as were about 30 others. He was 33 years old, married and a father.
His wife, the academic Nida’ ‘Affanah, was killed10 days later, on 2 November 2023, with their 3-year-old daughter and other family members. (for more details, see her own biography in this archive).