Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sultan qaboos bin said professor of modern arabic studies at the university of cambridge”. Today it says “scholar of arabic”.
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Yasir Suleiman CBE is a scholar of Arabic literature and language, and modern Middle Eastern politics. He is a Palestinian Arab living in the diaspora . Suleiman holds degrees from Amman University , the University of St Andrews , and Durham University . He lectures on topics related to the Middle East . He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007—2009). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for his services to scholarship. Yassir Suleiman's profile at the Supreme Educational Council.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
He is a Palestinian Arab living in diaspora . He lectured nationally and internationally on various topics related to Middle East . He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007-2009). Yassir Suleiman's profile at the Supreme Educational Council.
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He is a Palestinian Arab living in diaspora . He lectured nationally and internationally on various topics related to Middle East . He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007-2009). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to scholarship. Yassir Suleiman's profile at the Supreme Educational Council. The London Gazette ( invalid |supp= ( help ) ). 11 June 2011.
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He is a Palestinian Arab living in diaspora . He lectures nationally and internationally on various topics related to the Middle East . He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007—2009). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to scholarship. Yassir Suleiman's profile at the Supreme Educational Council.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
He is a Palestinian Arab living in the diaspora .Suleiman holds degrees from Amman University , the University of St Andrews , and Durham University . He lectures nationally and internationally on various topics related to the Middle East . He was selected to be a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2007—2009). He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for his services to scholarship. Yassir Suleiman's profile at the Supreme Educational Council.
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Then
sultan qaboos bin said professor of modern arabic studies at the university of cambridge
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scholar of arabic
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