Arna's Children: what Wikipedia removed
Arna’s Children is a 2004 documentary about a children’s theater in Jenin, directed by Juliano Mer Khamis. The 2015 opening reported that Mer Khamis “was assassinated in Jenin on 4 April 2011 by masked militants.” Today the word militant appears nowhere in the article, and the opening makes no mention of his death at all, closing instead on the film’s festival award. A reader arriving now does not learn that the film’s director was later assassinated.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
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| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The fact that the film’s director, Juliano Mer Khamis, was assassinated in 2011 by masked militants was dropped from the opening entirely.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 361281223):
Arna’s Children is a 2003 Israeli / Dutch documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel about a children’s theatre group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories . The film won “Best Documentary Feature” 2004 Tribeca Film Festival . ^ “Arna’s Children at the IMDb website” . Retrieved 2009-07-11 .
2025 (revision 1271642153):
2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film Arna’s Children is a 2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel . The film’s story revolves around a children’s theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis , the director’s mother, an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist. The film portrays the lives of Arna Mer-Khamis and the children members of the theater including Ala el-Sabagr, Zakaria Zubeidi , Daud Zubeidi, Majdi Shadi, Haifa Staiti , Nidal Swetti, Yussef Swetti, Mahmoud Kaneri, Khairia Fakhri and Ashraf Abu-Alheji. The film won “Best Documentary Feature” in the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival . ^ “Arna’s Ch…
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