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Hany Abu-Assad
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian film director”. Today it says “palestinian filmmaker”.
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Hany Abu-Assad ( ; born 11 October 1961) is a Dutch - Palestinian - Israeli film director.1 He has received two Academy Award nominations : in 2006 for his film Paradise Now , and again in 2013 for his film Omar . Hany Abu-Assad heeft een Israëlisch en een Nederlands paspoort, hij woont tegenwoordig in Los Angeles, maar, alle relativeringsvermogen en zelfspot ten spijt, hij is en blijft een Palestijn, geboren in Nazareth. Times of Israel . 16 January 2014 .2
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palestinian film director
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palestinian filmmaker
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