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Taysir Abu Saada
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former member of the plo and the founder of the christian ministry hope for ishmael after he converted to chris”. Today it says “author born 1951 in the gaza strip and then grew up in saudi arabia and qatar”.
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Taysir Abu Saada ( Arabic : تيسير أبو سعدة ) (born 1951 in Gaza Strip ) is a former member of the PLO and, after his conversion to Christianity , the founder of the Christian ministry, Hope for Ishmael. Before Saada's conversion, he was Yasir Arafat 's personal driver. "سائق عرفات يروج في كتابة "عرفات بطلي" لفكرة الرب أعطى الأرض لليهود" . الهدهد: صحيفة اليكترونية عربية بخمس لغات عالمية .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former member of the plo and the founder of the christian ministry hope for ishmael after he converted to chris”. Today it says “author born 1951 in the gaza strip and then grew up in saudi arabia and qatar”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
former member of the plo and the founder of the christian ministry hope for ishmael after he converted to chris
Now
author born 1951 in the gaza strip and then grew up in saudi arabia and qatar
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