In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian -born writer of palestinian and egyptian parentage”. Today it says “australian sociologist”. A word that once opened this article now sits 85% of the way down it.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Randa Abdel-Fattah (born 1979) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a public intellectual .1 She is a prominent advocate for Palestinian people and human rights in general, and much of her work focuses on identity and what it means to be Muslim in Australia . Her debut novel , Does My Head Look Big in This? , was published in 2005, and Coming of Age in the War on Terror was published in 2021.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Randa Abdel-Fattah (born 1979) is an Australian -born writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Randa Abdel-Fattah (born 6 June 1979) is an Australian Muslim writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage.Randa was born in Australia and her debut novel , Does My Head Look Big in This? , was published in 2005.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Australian Muslim writer (born 1979) Randa Abdel-Fattah ( Arabic : رندة عبد الفتاح ; born 1979) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction. She is an advocate for Palestinian people and human rights in general, and much of her work focuses on identity and what it means to be Muslim in Australia . Her debut novel , Does My Head Look Big in This? , was published in 2005, and Coming of Age in the War on Terror was published in 2021.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian -born writer of palestinian and egyptian parentage”. Today it says “australian sociologist”. A word that once opened this article now sits 85% of the way down it. Read the current article and compare.
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australian -born writer of palestinian and egyptian parentage
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australian sociologist
Where the word went
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“terror” was in the opening on October 6, 2023. Today 4 remain, 85% of the way down the article.
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