Wikipedia's first sentence called it “syrian -american”. Today it says “syrian - american”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Safi ( Arabic : لؤي صافي ) is a Syrian - American , a scholar of Islam and the Middle East , and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He published on such issues as social and political development, modernization , democracy , human rights , and Islam and Modernity . He is the author of 11 books and numerous papers, and speaker on questions of leadership, democracy, Islam, and the Middle East. He is also a spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition , a league of Syrian opposition groups fighting Syrian President Assad , which was formed in November 2012 in Doha, Qatar . Louay Safi is also chairman of the Syrian American Council and testified in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Syria. He is currently a professor at The Qatar Faculty for Islamic Studies in Doha. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . Louay Safi testimony on human rights in Syria" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Safi is a Syrian -American, a scholar of Islam and the Middle East, and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He published on such issues as social and political development, modernization , democracy , human rights , and Islam and Modernity . He is the author of 11 books and numerous papers, and speaker on questions of leadership, democracy, Islam and the Middle East.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Safi is a Syrian - American , a scholar of Islam and the Middle East , and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He published on such issues as social and political development, modernization , democracy , human rights , and Islam and Modernity . He is the author of 11 books and numerous papers, and speaker on questions of leadership, democracy, Islam and the Middle East. Louay Safi is also chairman of the Syrian American Council and testified in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Syria.Louay Safi testimony on human rights in Syria" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Safi is a Syrian - American , a scholar of Islam and the Middle East , and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He published on such issues as social and political development, modernization , democracy , human rights , and Islam and Modernity . He is the author of 11 books and numerous papers, and speaker on questions of leadership, democracy, Islam and the Middle East. He is also a spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition , a league of Syrian opposition groups fighting Syrian President Assad , which was formed in November 2012 in Doha, Qatar . Louay Safi is also chairman of the Syrian American Council and testified in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Syria. He is currently a professor at The Qatar Faculty for Islamic Studies in Doha.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . Louay Safi testimony on human rights in Syria" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Safi is a Syrian - American , a scholar of Islam and the Middle East , and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He published on such issues as social and political development, modernization , democracy , human rights , and Islam and Modernity . He is the author of 11 books and numerous papers, and speaker on questions of leadership, democracy, Islam, and the Middle East. He is also a spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition , a league of Syrian opposition groups fighting Syrian President Assad , which was formed in November 2012 in Doha, Qatar . Louay Safi is also chairman of the Syrian American Council and testified in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Syria. He is currently a professor at The Qatar Faculty for Islamic Studies in Doha. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . Louay Safi testimony on human rights in Syria" .
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Today
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syrian -american
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syrian - american
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