Wikipedia's first sentence called it “journalist and editor with palestinian background and joint jordanian and united states citizenship”. Today it says “jordanian-american journalist and editor with palestinian background”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Rami George Khouri Rami George Khouri (born 22 October 1948) is a journalist and editor with Palestinian background and joint Jordanian and United States citizenship.1 He was born in New York City to an Arab Palestinian Christian family. His father, George Khouri, a Nazarene journalist in what was the British mandate of Palestine , had traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover the United Nations (UN) debates about the future of Palestine. His family resides in Beirut , Amman , and Nazareth . He is also a highly regarded public speaker.2 After attending secondary school at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland Rami Khouri returned to the US to complete his education. Khouri has served for many years as the chief umpire for Little League Baseball in Jordan.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
His father, George Khouri, a Nazarene journalist in what was the British mandate of Palestine had traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover the United Nations (UN) debates about the future of Palestine. Rami is a journalist and editor with joint Palestinian - Jordanian and US citizenship whose family resides in Beirut , Amman , and Nazareth . He is also a highly regarded public speaker. After attending secondary school in Geneva , Switzerland Rami returned to the US to complete his education.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
His father, George Khouri, a Nazarene journalist in what was the British mandate of Palestine , had traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover the United Nations (UN) debates about the future of Palestine. Rami is a journalist and editor with joint Palestinian - Jordanian and United States citizenship whose family resides in Beirut , Amman , and Nazareth . He is also a highly regarded public speaker. After attending secondary school at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland Rami returned to the US to complete his education.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Rami George Khouri Rami George Khouri (born 22 October 1948) is a journalist and editor with joint Palestinian - Jordanian and United States citizenship.He was born in New York City to an Arab Palestinian Christian family. His father, George Khouri, a Nazarene journalist in what was the British mandate of Palestine , had traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover the United Nations (UN) debates about the future of Palestine. His family resides in Beirut , Amman , and Nazareth . He is also a highly regarded public speaker. After attending secondary school at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland Rami Khouri returned to the US to complete his education. Khouri has served for many years as the chief umpire for Little League Baseball in Jordan.
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The opening as it stood in 2025 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Jordanian journalist Rami George Khouri (born October 22, 1948) is a Jordanian-American journalist and editor with Palestinian background. He was born in New York City to an Arab Palestinian Christian family. His father, George Khouri, a Nazarene journalist in what was the British mandate of Palestine , had traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover the United Nations (UN) debates about the future of Palestine. His family resides in Beirut , Amman , and Nazareth . He is also a public speaker. After attending secondary school at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland , Rami Khouri returned to the US to complete his education. Khouri has served for many years as the chief umpire for Little League Baseball in Jordan.
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Then
journalist and editor with palestinian background and joint jordanian and united states citizenship
Now
jordanian-american journalist and editor with palestinian background
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