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. He obtained his PhD in
physiology from
University of Leeds. 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. Ferwana was there in charge of the medical committee, and he ran the clinic there. His father was the poet Saleh Omar Ferwana (; 1936 – 10 March 2013). He published a
diwan entitled “Mufradāt Filasṭīnīyah” () in 2004, and the second part in 2011. His son-in-law was
Ahmad Samir Qannita, known as Abu Obaida, a prominent media figure with the
Al-Qassam Brigades. On 15 October 2023, he, his wife, children, and grandchildren were killed during an airstrike attack fired by
Israeli Air Force on Qannita‘a home located in
Tel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, during the
Gaza war. Qannita said “they laid down their lives in defense of Islam against the forces of disbelief and evil who conspired to eradicate our faith.” ==References==