Ibrahim Hamid Hussein Al-Astal

Ibrahim Hamed Hussein al-Astal (. 20 January 1961 – 23 October 2023) was a Palestinian educational theorist and researcher. He worked as a dean and professor at Islamic University of Gaza, Faculty of Education. He was the Editor-in-chief of IUG Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies.

Biography Ibrahim al-Astal was born on 20 January 1961. He was awarded a PhD in Curriculum and Mathematics Teaching Methods in 1996, after which he worked as a professor at Al Ain University and Ajman University in the United Arab Emirates, then at Islamic University of Gaza. He worked in several positions at the Faculty of Education at the Islamic University of Gaza, he was the head of Curriculum and Teaching Methods Department (September 2011–August 2013), then the vice Dean (September 2013–August 2015), then the dean of South Branch (August 2015–August 2017) and finally the dean since 1 September 2019.

In 2005, he published a book entitled Mihnat altaelim 'adwar almuealimin fe madrasat almustaqbal (‘The teaching profession, the roles of teachers in the school of the future’ ) in cooperation with Faryal Younis Al-Khalidi.

On 23 October 2023, he, his wife, his daughters, and a number of his relatives were killed during an airstrike attack fired by Israeli Air Force on his home, during the Gaza war. Al-Astal was 62.