Za­li­na Nab­bie Ali of Mar­aval passed away peace­ful­ly on 18th Feb­ru­ary 2024, in her home in Ruther­ford, NJ, USA, at the age of 96. Daugh­ter of the late Ab­dul Ghany Nab­bie and Ha­jjin Cad­ran Nab­bie. Beloved wife of the late Carl Ali of St. James. She was the el­dest of 10 chil­dren, Yacub (dec), Za­itoon, Sul­li­man (dec), Ab­dul (dec), Zu­bi­da, Ameena, Nazir, Has­muth (dec), Sher Ali. She left school at an ear­ly age to help care for her younger sib­lings and was an es­sen­tial part in the build­ing of Nab­bie’s Hard­ware & Trans­port. She left Trinidad in the 1960’s and mi­grat­ed to the Unit­ed States where she and her hus­band worked to make a life for her chil­dren in a new coun­try. She is sur­vived by her 8 chil­dren Fa­rook, Sa­heed, Fari­da (dec), Carl Jr., Shirley, Fa­ti­ma, Sha­han and Car­leen. 14 grand­chil­dren Re­bec­ca, Asif, Khadi­jah, Ab­dul-Karim, Miri­am, Jameel, Sal­isha, Johnathan, Sha­hana, Carl, Math­ew, Shaz­ara, Sean and Mar­il­isa and14 great-grand­chil­dren Yas­min, Nathan, Tes­sa, Dy­lan, Neela, Aidan, Taran, Hunter, Ava, Ja­cob, Amir, Anisah, Tris­tan, and Alaya. Moth­er-in-law to Char­main, Ann, Ra­ju, Jen­ny,Nar­ie, John­ny, and Robert. The ma­tri­arch of her fam­i­ly, she de­vot­ed her life to the teach­ings of Is­lam, and in­still­ing those lessons in­to her fam­i­ly. She was well known for the com­pas­sion and care she showed to every­one in her life. She will tru­ly be missed by all who know her.