Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab-israeli maronite actor”. Today it says “arab-israeli actor of palestinian heritage”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Yussuf Abu-Warda, 2011 Yussuf Abu-Warda ( Arabic : يوسف أبو وردة , Hebrew : יוּסף אבו ורדה ; born 19 August 1953 in Jish ) is an Arab-Israeli actor. A leading actor from 1999 he was head of Al-Midan Theater in Haifa . In October 2018, he received a life achievement award from the Union of Israeli Performing Artists. Sampark: Journal of Global Understanding - Volume 1 - 1999 Page 40 "Yussuf Abu Warda, for many years one of the Haifa Municipal Theatre's leading actors and now head of Haifa's recently established Arab Theatre in Israel, agrees with this." "Svika Pick gets life achievement award, but won't pick up his prize" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Yussuf Abu-Warda, 2011 Yussuf Abu-Warda ( , ; born 19 August 1953 in Jish ) is an Arab-Israeli Maronite actor. A leading actor from 1999 he was head of Al-Midan Theater in Haifa . In October 2018, he received a life achievement award from the Union of Israeli Performing Artists. Sampark: Journal of Global Understanding - Volume 1 - 1999 Page 40 "Yussuf Abu Warda, for many years one of the Haifa Municipal Theatre's leading actors and now head of Haifa's recently established Arab Theatre in Israel, agrees with this." "Svika Pick gets life achievement award, but won't pick up his prize" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Arab-Israeli actor Yussuf Abu-Warda, 2011 Yussuf Abu-Warda ( , ; born 19 August 1953 in Jish ) is an Arab-Israeli Maronite actor. A leading actor from 1999 he was head of Al-Midan Theater in Haifa . In October 2018, he received a life achievement award from the Union of Israeli Performing Artists. Sampark: Journal of Global Understanding - Volume 1 - 1999 Page 40 "Yussuf Abu Warda, for many years one of the Haifa Municipal Theatre's leading actors and now head of Haifa's recently established Arab Theatre in Israel, agrees with this." "Svika Pick gets life achievement award, but won't pick up his prize" .
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Then
arab-israeli maronite actor
Now
arab-israeli actor of palestinian heritage
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