Wikipedia's first sentence called it “canadian doctor and humanitarian”. Today it says “canadian doctor”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Tarek Loubani is a Canadian doctor. He runs the Glia Project, which seeks to provide medical supplies to impoverished locations, and developed a low-cost stethoscope in 2015. He serves as Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario and works in emergency rooms. In 2013, along with filmmaker John Greyson , he was arbitrarily arrested and spent seven weeks in Egypt 's Tora Prison without charges. In 2018 he was shot in the leg while in the Gaza strip providing medical care during the 2018 border protests . The Independent . 2015-08-16. PMID 29538426 . : CS1 maint: article number as page number ( link ) Logan, Nick. The Globe and Mail . 11 October 2013 . The London Free Press . "Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson, arrested in Cairo" . rabble.ca . 18 August 2013 .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Tarek Loubani is a Canadian doctor and humanitarian. He runs the Glia Project, which seeks to provide medical supplies to impoverished locations, and developed a low-cost stethoscope in 2015. He serves as Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario and works in emergency rooms. In 2013, along with filmmaker John Greyson , he was arbitrarily arrested and spent seven weeks in Egypt 's Tora Prison without charges. In 2018 he was shot in both legs while in the Gaza strip providing medical care during the 2018 border protests . The Independent . 2015-08-16 . PMID 29538426 . : CS1 maint: article number as page number ( link ) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI ( link ) Logan, Nick. The Globe and Mail . The London Free Press . "Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson, arrested in Cairo" . rabble.ca .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Canadian doctor and humanitarian Tarek Loubani is a Canadian doctor and humanitarian. He runs the Glia Project, which seeks to provide medical supplies to impoverished locations, and developed a low-cost stethoscope in 2015. He serves as Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario and works in emergency rooms. In 2013, along with filmmaker John Greyson , he was arbitrarily arrested and spent seven weeks in Egypt 's Tora Prison without charges. In 2018 he was shot in both legs while in the Gaza strip providing medical care during the 2018 border protests . The Independent . 2015-08-16. PMID 29538426 . : CS1 maint: article number as page number ( link ) Logan, Nick. The Globe and Mail . The London Free Press . "Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson, arrested in Cairo" . rabble.ca .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “canadian doctor and humanitarian”. Today it says “canadian doctor”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
canadian doctor and humanitarian
Now
canadian doctor
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