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Walid Sheikhi, a resident of S\u00eemetk\u00ea Ezo village in Syria’s Hasakah Governorate. He was rendered unregistered (maktoum\/maktoum al-qayd) as a result of the exceptional 1962 census.
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Walid Sheikhi, a resident of S\u00eemetk\u00ea Ezo village in Syria’s Hasakah Governorate. He was rendered unregistered (maktoum\/maktoum al-qayd) as a result of the exceptional 1962 census. 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