Muhammad al-Nabahin (Muḥammad al-Nabāhīn) (محمد سليمان النباهين) was a 43-year-old professor of Business Administration. He lived with his large, extended family in al-Burayj Refugee Camp, in the northeast of Dayr al-Balah Governorate. He had studied at the University of Palestine and began his career teaching at al-Quds Open University in 2001.
As a scholar and pedagogue Professor al-Nabahin was especially interested in Management, Entrepreneurship, and Business Ethics. Moreover, his Facebook postings are replete with brief but thoughtful insights regarding effective managerial styles, the qualities of successful leadership and productive work environments. Embedded in these postings is gentle advice to his colleagues, students and friends —future employers, managers, employees.
Professor al-Nabahin died in the early morning hours of Thursday, 12 October 2023. Shortly after midnight an Israeli airstrike on the four-story residential building where he lived — in block 9 of al-Burayj Refugee Camp — killed at least 26 individuals belonging to three different families: the Abu Madin, Abu Huwaishil, and al-Nabahin. As many as twenty of the deceased were from the al-Nabahin family. Among them, Muhammad Suleiman was killed with his 37-year-old wife, Asmaʾ Mousa al-Nabahin, their three daughters — Jamila Muhammad, 16-year-old Raghad Muhammad and 12-year-old Rula Suleiman — and their 4-year-old son Ayoub Suleiman.
Abu Suleiman, as he was affectionately called, was remembered by his colleagues and friends as “the friendly brother, fun and polite friend and colleague.” “You were always loved in your work and in your home.”
