In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jordanian-american real estate developer of palestinian origin”. Today it says “palestinian-american real estate developer”.
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Mohamed Anwar Hadid ( ; born 6 November 1948) is a Jordanian-American real estate developer of Palestinian origin .1He is known for building luxury hotels and mansions, mainly in the Bel Air neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles County, California .2The New York Times .3While it would have been ideal to ski for the United States, his adoptive country, he knew that making its Olympic team would be virtually impossible. Instead, taking advantage of his dual citizenship, he petitioned the Jordan Olympic Committee, and Jordanian officials approved. Note: Source gives birthplace as "Nazareth, Palestine".4
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American real estate developer For the Iraqi minister, see Mohammed Hadid .Mohamed Anwar Hadid ( ; born ( 1948-11-06 ) 6 November 1948) is an American real estate developer.He is known for building luxury hotels and mansions, mainly in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles and the city of Beverly Hills, California as well as for being the father of Gigi and Bella . While it would have been ideal to ski for the United States, his adoptive country, he knew that making its Olympic team would be virtually impossible. Instead, taking advantage of his dual citizenship, he petitioned the Jordan Olympic Committee, and Jordanian officials approved. Note: Source gives birthplace as "Nazareth, Palestine".
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American real estate developer For the Iraqi minister, see Mohammed Hadid . Mohamed Anwar Hadid ( / h ə ˈ d iː d / hə- DEED ; Arabic : محمد أنور حديد ; born ( 1948-11-06 ) November 6, 1948) is an American real estate developer. He is known for building luxury hotels and mansions, mainly in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles and the city of Beverly Hills, California . He is the father of models Gigi and Bella Hadid .
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jordanian-american real estate developer of palestinian origin
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palestinian-american real estate developer
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