Joudeh family

E107156

Muslim family Palestinian family family

The Joudeh family is a Muslim Palestinian family in Jerusalem historically entrusted with the custodianship of the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, symbolizing interfaith coexistence and shared guardianship of the holy site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Joudeh family canonical	2
Nuseibeh family	1
Nusseibeh family	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T897234 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joudeh family
Context triple: [Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hasKeyCustodians, Joudeh family]

A. Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt refers to the family and close household of the Prophet Muhammad, who hold a central, revered, and often spiritually authoritative status in Islamic tradition, especially within Shia belief.
B. Al Thani family
The Al Thani family is the long-ruling royal dynasty of Qatar, holding political power and the emirate’s leadership for nearly two centuries.
C. Halas family
The Halas family is a prominent American sports family best known for founding and long owning the NFL’s Chicago Bears through legendary figure George Halas.
D. Sayyids
The Sayyids are a Muslim community traditionally claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad, historically influential in South Asia and elsewhere in the Islamic world.
E. Rawhi Fattouh
Rawhi Fattouh is a Palestinian politician who has served in senior leadership roles within the Palestinian Authority, including a brief tenure as interim president following Yasser Arafat’s death.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Joudeh family
Target entity description: The Joudeh family is a Muslim Palestinian family in Jerusalem historically entrusted with the custodianship of the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, symbolizing interfaith coexistence and shared guardianship of the holy site.

A. Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt refers to the family and close household of the Prophet Muhammad, who hold a central, revered, and often spiritually authoritative status in Islamic tradition, especially within Shia belief.
B. Al Thani family
The Al Thani family is the long-ruling royal dynasty of Qatar, holding political power and the emirate’s leadership for nearly two centuries.
C. Halas family
The Halas family is a prominent American sports family best known for founding and long owning the NFL’s Chicago Bears through legendary figure George Halas.
D. Sayyids
The Sayyids are a Muslim community traditionally claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad, historically influential in South Asia and elsewhere in the Islamic world.
E. Rawhi Fattouh
Rawhi Fattouh is a Palestinian politician who has served in senior leadership roles within the Palestinian Authority, including a brief tenure as interim president following Yasser Arafat’s death.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim family ⓘ Palestinian family ⓘ family ⓘ
associatedWith	Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
city	Jerusalem ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Christian denominations at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ Joudeh family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nusseibeh family
country	State of Palestine ⓘ
culturalContext	Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Palestinian Muslim community in Jerusalem
domain	religious custodianship ⓘ
ethnicity	Palestinian ⓘ
function	opening and closing the main door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ safekeeping the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
heritage	longstanding custodial tradition at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
knownFor	holding the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ participation in shared guardianship of a Christian holy site ⓘ symbolizing interfaith coexistence in Jerusalem ⓘ
location	Jerusalem ⓘ
notableMember	Adeeb Joudeh ⓘ Wajeeh Nuseibeh (through related custodial arrangement) ⓘ
region	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
religion	Islam ⓘ
responsibility	guardianship of the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
role	custodian of the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
significance	symbol of Muslim-Christian cooperation in Jerusalem ⓘ symbol of interfaith coexistence at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
tradition	passing custodial role from generation to generation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre → hasKeyCustodians → Joudeh family ⓘ

Joudeh family → cooperatesWith → Joudeh family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nusseibeh family

Church of the Resurrection → hasDoorKeyCustodyBy → Joudeh family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuseibeh family