Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian-american oud and violin virtuoso and composer”. Today it says “american oud and violin player”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Palestinian-American composer and musician Musical artist”. It now reads “American composer and musician Musical artist”.
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Simon Shaheen ( Arabic : سيمون شاهين , ; born Tarshiha , Upper Galilee , Israel, 1955) is a Palestinian-American oud and violin player and composer who holds Israeli citizenship.1 At the age of 2, Shaheen moved with his family to Haifa , but spent most of the weekends in Tarshiha , an Arab village in Galilee . The Shaheen family is known for its musicality with music instructor and father Hikmat, oud-playing and instrument-making brother Najib, violinist and oud playing William, and singing sisters Laura and Rosette. "SIMON SHAHEEN & QANTARA "Blue ... – The Washington Post | HighBeam Research – FREE trial" .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Simon Shaheen ( Arabic : سيمون شاهين ; b. Tarshiha , Upper Galilee , Israel , 1955 ) is an Palestinian-American oud and violin virtuoso and composer . [1] [2] [3] At the age of 2, Shaheen moved with his family to Haifa , but spent most of the weekends in Tarshiha , an Israeli Arab town. The Shaheen family is known for its musicality.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Simon Shaheen ( Arabic : سيمون شاهين ; b. Tarshiha , Upper Galilee , Israel , 1955) is a Palestinian-American oud and violin virtuoso and composer who holds Israeli citizenship.At the age of 2, Shaheen moved with his family to Haifa, Israel , but spent most of the weekends in Tarshiha , an Arab village in Israel.The Shaheen family is known for its musicality with music instructor and father Hikmat, oud-playing and instrument-making brother Najib, violinist and oud playing William, and singing sisters Laura and Rosette."SIMON SHAHEEN & QANTARA "Blue ... – The Washington Post | HighBeam Research – FREE trial" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Simon Shaheen ( Arabic : سيمون شاهين , ; b. Tarshiha , Upper Galilee , Israel , 1955) is a Palestinian-American oud and violin virtuoso and composer who holds Israeli citizenship. At the age of 2, Shaheen moved with his family to Haifa, Israel , but spent most of the weekends in Tarshiha , an Arab village in northern Israel. The Shaheen family is known for its musicality with music instructor and father Hikmat, oud-playing and instrument-making brother Najib, violinist and oud playing William, and singing sisters Laura and Rosette. "SIMON SHAHEEN & QANTARA "Blue ... – The Washington Post | HighBeam Research – FREE trial" .
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American composer and musician Musical artist Simon Shaheen ( Arabic : سيمون شاهين ; born in Ma'alot-Tarshiha , Israel) is an American oud and violin player, and composer. At the age of 2, Shaheen moved with his family to Haifa , but spent most of the weekends in Tarshiha , an Arab village in Upper Galilee . The Shaheen family is known for its musicality with music instructor and father Hikmat, oud-playing and instrument-making brother Najib, violinist and oud playing William, and singing sisters Laura and Rosette.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian-american oud and violin virtuoso and composer”. Today it says “american oud and violin player”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Palestinian-American composer and musician Musical artist”. It now reads “American composer and musician Musical artist”. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian-american oud and violin virtuoso and composer
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american oud and violin player
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