Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian girl who become popular by her live tweets about israel attacks of 2014 july in gaza”. Today it says “palestinian social media activist living in the gaza strip”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Farah Baker is a Palestinian social media activist living in the Gaza Strip , who became popular while live- Tweeting the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict . At the age of 16, she tweeted her thoughts and feelings as bombing raids occurred at her home. Her Tweets became a social network phenomenon , and Baker's following on Twitter jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days. In Anna Reading's book, Gender and Memory in the Globital Age she writes that Baker was covered in news articles in The Daily Telegraph in the UK and Russia Today . Gender and Memory in the Globital Age .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Farah Baker is a Palestinian girl who become popular by her live tweets about Israel attacks of 2014 July in Gaza . Farah is 16 years old as of August 2014 and she survived three wars. She describes herself as Anne Frank of today. Her tweets become a social network phenomenon and Baker's following on Twitter has jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Farah Baker is a Palestinian woman living in the Gaza Strip , who became popular while live- Tweeting the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict .As of July 2018, Baker is 20 years old.She describes herself as the Anne Frank of today.Her Tweets became a social network phenomenon , and Baker's following on Twitter jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days.
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Palestinian tweeter Farah Baker is a Palestinian social media activist living in the Gaza Strip , who became popular while live- Tweeting the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict .At the age of 16, she tweeted her thoughts and feelings as bombing raids occurred at her home. Her Tweets became a social network phenomenon , and Baker's following on Twitter jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days. In Anna Reading's book, Gender and Memory in the Globital Age she writes that Baker was covered in news articles in The Daily Telegraph in the UK and Russia Today .Gender and Memory in the Globital Age .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian girl who become popular by her live tweets about israel attacks of 2014 july in gaza”. Today it says “palestinian social media activist living in the gaza strip”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian girl who become popular by her live tweets about israel attacks of 2014 july in gaza
Now
palestinian social media activist living in the gaza strip
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