Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian journalist”. Today it says “palestinian journalist and writer”.
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Said Aburish (full name Saʿīd Muḥammad Khalīl ʾAbū Rīsh) ( Arabic : سعيد محمد خليل أبو الريش ; 1 May 1935 – 29 August 2012), was a Palestinian journalist and writer. Aburish was born in al-Eizariya (also known as "Bethany") in 1935, and he and his family moved to Beirut in 1948; during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and through the years 1948–67, the site was controlled by Jordan . Aburish attended school in Jerusalem and Beirut . He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and the London Daily Mail . He returned to al-Eizariya in 2009, dying there in 2012.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Aburish ( ) (born 1935, al-Eizariya ) is a Palestinian journalist , and writer. Born into a Palestinian family, Abu Rish attended school in Jerusalem and Beirut , and studied at university in the United States . He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and the London Daily Mail .
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Aburish ( ; 1 May 1935 - 29 August 2012) was a Palestinian - Egyptian journalist and writer.Born to a Palestinian father and Egyptian mother, Aburish attended school in Jerusalem and Beirut . He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and the London Daily Mail .
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Said Aburish (full name Saʿīd Muḥammad Khalīl ʾAbū Rīsh) ( ; 1 May 1935 – 29 August 2012), was a Palestinian journalist and writer.Aburish was born in al-Eizariya (also known as "Bethany") in 1935, and he and his family moved to Beirut in 1948 upon the creation of the state of Israel. Aburish attended school in Jerusalem and Beirut . He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and the London Daily Mail . He returned to al-Eizariya in 2009, passing away there in 2012.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian journalist and writer (1935–2012) Said Aburish (full name Saʿīd Muḥammad Khalīl ʾAbū Rīsh) ( ; 1 May 1935 – 29 August 2012), was a Palestinian journalist and writer. Aburish was born in al-Eizariya (also known as "Bethany") in 1935, and he and his family moved to Beirut in 1948 upon the creation of the state of Israel. Aburish attended school in Jerusalem and Beirut . He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and the London Daily Mail . He returned to al-Eizariya in 2009, dying there in 2012.
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palestinian journalist
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palestinian journalist and writer
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