Wikipedia's first sentence called it “assistant dean of student affairs and the assistant director of graduate studies of the school of international”. Today it says “american academic who is the assistant dean of student affairs and the assistant director of graduate studies o”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Mona Khalidi is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University . She is the wife of Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi .1 In the late 1970s and early 1980s Khalidi "worked at Wafa , the official news agency of the" Palestine Liberation Organization . She is President of the Arab American Action Network , an organization that acts as an advocate for Palestinian issues and for women's issues. "Rashid Khalidi's Balancing Act; The Middle-East scholar courts controversy with his Palestinian advocacy," By EVAN R. The Middle-East scholar courts controversy with his Palestinian advocacy," By EVAN R.
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Mona Khalidi is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University . She is married to Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi . In the late 1970s and early 1980s Khalidi "worked at Wafa , the official news agency of the" Palestine Liberation Organization . She is President of the Arab American Action Network , an organization that acts as an advocate for Palestinian issues and for women's issues. "Rashid Khalidi's Balancing Act; The Middle-East scholar courts controversy with his Palestinian advocacy," By EVAN R.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American academic Mona Khalidi is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University . She is married to Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi . In the late 1970s and early 1980s Khalidi "worked at Wafa , the official news agency of the" Palestine Liberation Organization . She is President of the Arab American Action Network , an organization that acts as an advocate for Palestinian issues and for women's issues. "Rashid Khalidi's Balancing Act; The Middle-East scholar courts controversy with his Palestinian advocacy," By EVAN R.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American academic Mona Khalidi ( Arabic : منى خالد ) is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University . In the late 1970s and early 1980s Khalidi "worked at Wafa , the official news agency of the" Palestine Liberation Organization . She is President of the Arab American Action Network , an organization that acts as an advocate for Palestinian issues and for women's issues. She is married to Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi . "Rashid Khalidi's Balancing Act; The Middle-East scholar courts controversy with his Palestinian advocacy," By EVAN R.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “assistant dean of student affairs and the assistant director of graduate studies of the school of international”. Today it says “american academic who is the assistant dean of student affairs and the assistant director of graduate studies o”. Read the current article and compare.
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assistant dean of student affairs and the assistant director of graduate studies of the school of international
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american academic who is the assistant dean of student affairs and the assistant director of graduate studies o
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