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Once Upon a Time in Gaza
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2025 film written and directed by tarzan and arab nasser and starring issaq elias”. Today it says “a 2025 film written and directed by tarzan and arab nasser”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Once Upon a Time in Gaza is a 2025 film written and directed by Tarzan and Arab Nasser and starring Issaq Elias, Nader Abd Alhay, Ramzi Maqdisi and Majd Eid. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard category of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2025, where it won the Best Director award.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2025 film written and directed by tarzan and arab nasser and starring issaq elias”. Today it says “a 2025 film written and directed by tarzan and arab nasser”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
a 2025 film written and directed by tarzan and arab nasser and starring issaq elias
Now
a 2025 film written and directed by tarzan and arab nasser
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