Wikipedia's first sentence called it “yemenite-born israeli photographer”. Today it says “yemenite photographer of yemenite jewish extraction who emigrated to mandate palestine and finished his life in”.
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Yihye Haybi ( Hebrew : יחיא חייבי ; 1911–1977) was a Yemenite photographer of Yemenite Jewish extraction who emigrated to Mandate Palestine and finished his life in Israel . At a time when there were no local photographers in Yemen , Haybi photographed the Jewish community to which he belonged, Europeans he encountered at the Italian medical clinic where he worked, members of the Muslim population, and even the royal family . His photographs offer unique historical and ethnographic glimpses of Sana'a at this time, including the illicit documentation of current events.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Yihye Haybi (1911-1977) was a Yemenite-born Israeli photographer . At a time when there were no local photographers in Yemen, Haybi photographed the Jewish community to which he belonged, Europeans he encountered at the Italian medical clinic where he worked, members of the Muslim population, and even the royal family. His photographs offer unique historical and ethnographic glimpses of Sana’a at this time, including the illicit documentation of current events.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Israeli photographer Yihye Haybi ( ; 1911–1977) was a Yemenite-born Israeli photographer. At a time when there were no local photographers in Yemen, Haybi photographed the Jewish community to which he belonged, Europeans he encountered at the Italian medical clinic where he worked, members of the Muslim population, and even the royal family. His photographs offer unique historical and ethnographic glimpses of Sana’a at this time, including the illicit documentation of current events.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli photographer Yihye Haybi ( ; 1911–1977) was a Yemenite photographer of Yemenite Jewish extraction who emigrated to Mandate Palestine and finished his life in Israel . At a time when there were no local photographers in Yemen , Haybi photographed the Jewish community to which he belonged, Europeans he encountered at the Italian medical clinic where he worked, members of the Muslim population, and even the royal family . His photographs offer unique historical and ethnographic glimpses of Sana'a at this time, including the illicit documentation of current events.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “yemenite-born israeli photographer”. Today it says “yemenite photographer of yemenite jewish extraction who emigrated to mandate palestine and finished his life in”. Read the current article and compare.
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yemenite-born israeli photographer
Now
yemenite photographer of yemenite jewish extraction who emigrated to mandate palestine and finished his life in
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