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TIL that the same Muslim family (the Nuseibeh or Nusaybah clan) have been the door openers at the Christian Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for over 1300 years. They have acted as both custodians of the church and as mediators between the various Christian sects represented there.

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