Talk:Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb

A fact from Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 November 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb (pictured) was jailed for his failure to submit to a U.S. Special Registration program from which he was supposed to be exempt?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/November.

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Is it just me, or does the Did You Know? blurb seem a little PoV? 99.240.229.247 04:59, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth

I believe he was born in 1966, but haven't been able to find a citable source. The 2007 KPLU radio clip linked from the external links says he is 41. - Jmabel | Talk 05:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Profession

I'm not sure of the extent to which his profession is "journalist". When he was arrested, he was headed to DC to interview for a job as a journalist, but I'm not really certain he has worked as a journalist. - Jmabel | Talk 05:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've communicated with Doug Honig of ACLU-WA, and he says that Habeeb is not a journalist, he's an artist and calligrapher. I was misled by the reference to his having been headed to DC for a newspaper job. I'll correct this, and a few other minor points where Honig has been helpful. - Jmabel | Talk 01:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]