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Iqbal El-Assaad

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “physician pursuing a pediatric cardiology fellowship at boston children's hospital”. Today it says “palestinian physician whose research has focused on cardiology”.
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Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad ( Arabic : إقبال محمود الأسعد , romanized : Iqbāl Maḥmūd al-Asʻad ) is a physician pursuing a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital (graduating in June 2020). She was recognized as one of the youngest doctors in the world when she completed her medical training at age 20. Her name is also seen as Iqbal El-Assaad in some sources.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “physician pursuing a pediatric cardiology fellowship at boston children's hospital”. Today it says “palestinian physician whose research has focused on cardiology”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

physician pursuing a pediatric cardiology fellowship at boston children's hospital

Now

palestinian physician whose research has focused on cardiology

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