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Juliana Seraphim

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian artist”. Today it says “palestinian -born painter”.
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Juliana Seraphim ( Arabic : جوليانا سيرافيم; born 1934 in Jaffa , Palestine; died 2005 Beirut, Lebanon) is a Palestinian -born painter. She was a refugee in Sidon , displaced after the 1948 Nakba . She gained prominence in Palestinian, Lebanese, and later, international art spheres for her unique surrealist art style which incorporated themes of homeland, femininity, memory, and identity.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian artist”. Today it says “palestinian -born painter”. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian artist

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palestinian -born painter

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