Sherif Al-Asali (Sharīf al-‘Asalī) (شريف العسلي) was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). He received his PhD and MA in Education from IUG. His MA thesis (2010) — listed on the website Mandumah which archives authors and Arabic publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences in addition to Conferences— is titled, The Phenomenon of Exaggerated Religious Display Among Students at the Palestinian Universities: Causes and Treatment According to Islamic Teachings. He was also an active member of his university’s Teachers Union.
Al-Asali was killed with 30 members of his family when the Israeli army shelled their home in al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City without prior warning on 7 December 2023. He was 58 years old at the time of his murder. He was beloved by his students who also considered him one of the most effective teachers.
