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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod ( , February 15, 1929 – May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American) academic, characterised by Edward Said as "Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual" and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in America". Gerner wrote that he "took on the challenge of interpreting U.S. politics and society for the Palestinian community as well as eloquently articulating Palestinian aspirations to the rest of the world." Said 2001 Khalidi quoted in Gerner 2001.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod ( , February 15, 1929 — May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American ) academic, characterised by Edward Said as "Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual" and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in America". Gerner wrote that he "took on the challenge of interpreting U.S. politics and society for the Palestinian community as well as eloquently articulating Palestinian aspirations to the rest of the world." Said 2001 Khalidi quoted in Gerner 2001.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod ( , February 15, 1929 – May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American ) academic, characterised by Edward Said as "Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual" and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in America". Gerner wrote that he "took on the challenge of interpreting U.S. politics and society for the Palestinian community as well as eloquently articulating Palestinian aspirations to the rest of the world." Said 2001 Khalidi quoted in Gerner 2001.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Palestinian–American academic (1929–2001) Ibrahim Abu-Lughod ( Arabic : إبراهيم أبو لغد , February 15, 1929 – May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian-American academic, characterised by Edward Said as "Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual" and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle East is portrayed in political science and in America". Gerner wrote that he "took on the challenge of interpreting U.S. politics and society for the Palestinian community as well as eloquently articulating Palestinian aspirations to the rest of the world." Said 2001 Khalidi quoted in Gerner 2001.
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palestinian-american academic
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