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An-Najah National University

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees”. Today it says “non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees in nablus”.
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University in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine Entrance to the campus An-Najah National University ( Arabic : جامعة النجاح الوطنية ) is a non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees in Nablus , West Bank , Palestine . The university has 22,000 students and 300 professors in 19 faculties. It is the largest university in the State of Palestine .

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees”. Today it says “non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees in nablus”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees

Now

non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees in nablus

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