In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab political activist who came from lebanon to belgium as an asylum seeker”. Today it says “lebanese political activist and writer”. 4 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today.
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Arab political activist and writer ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dyab Abou Jahjah in 2008. Dyab Abou Jahjah ( , born 24 June 1971 in Hanin , Lebanon ) is an Arab political activist and writer who was active in Europe between 2001 and 2007.1 He is the founder and former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe. Since then, Abou Jahjah took distance from identity politics and is more operating out of a non-ethnic, secular and leftist framework.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Dyab Abou Jahjah (born 24 June 1971 in Hanin , Lebanon ) is an Arab political activist who came from Lebanon to Belgium as an asylum seeker . He is the founder and former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Dyab Abou Jahjah ( , born 24 June 1971 in Hanin , Lebanon ) is an Arab political activist and writer who was active in Europe between 2001 and 2007. He is the founder and former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe. Since then, Abou Jahjah took distance from identity politics and is more operating out of a non-ethnic, secular and leftist framework.
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Arab political activist and writer ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dyab Abou Jahjah in 2008. Dyab Abou Jahjah ( , born 24 June 1971 in Hanin , Lebanon ) is an Arab political activist and writer who was active in Europe between 2001 and 2007. He is the founder and former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe. Since then, Abou Jahjah has distanced himself from identity politics and holds a non-ethnic, secular, and leftist framework.
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Arab political activist and writer (born 1971) Dyab Abou Jahjah in 2008.Dyab Abou Jahjah ( Arabic : دياب أبو جهجه ; born 24 June 1971) is a Lebanese political activist and writer.He is the co-founder of Hind Rajab Foundation and its parent organization, the March 30 Movement , as well as the former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab political activist who came from lebanon to belgium as an asylum seeker”. Today it says “lebanese political activist and writer”. 4 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today. Read the current article and compare.
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arab political activist who came from lebanon to belgium as an asylum seeker
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lebanese political activist and writer
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