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Fayez Sayegh
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian-american academic and civil servant”. Today it says “arab-american diplomat”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian-american academic and civil servant”. Today it says “arab-american diplomat”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Fayez Sayegh ( Arabic : فايز صايغ ; 1922–1980) was an Arab-American diplomat, scholar and teacher. He was a scholar who developed various analyses on the Palestinian opposition movement against Zionism .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian-american academic and civil servant”. Today it says “arab-american diplomat”. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian-american academic and civil servant
Now
arab-american diplomat
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