Mohamedou Ould Slahi
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian author and former Guantánamo Bay detainee whose memoir about his imprisonment inspired the film "The Mauritanian."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mohamedou Ould Slahi canonical | 6 |
| Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mohamedou Ould Slahi Context triple: [The Mauritanian, mainSubject, Mohamedou Ould Slahi]
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A.
Lakhdar Boumediene
Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
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B.
Abu Zubaydah
Abu Zubaydah is a Saudi-born Palestinian alleged al-Qaeda facilitator who became one of the first and most prominent detainees subjected to the CIA’s post-9/11 secret detention and enhanced interrogation program.
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C.
David Hicks
David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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D.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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E.
Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan was a Palestinian politician and founding leader of the Fatah movement who played a key role in shaping modern Palestinian nationalism.
- 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: Mohamedou Ould Slahi Target entity description: Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian author and former Guantánamo Bay detainee whose memoir about his imprisonment inspired the film "The Mauritanian."
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A.
Lakhdar Boumediene
Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
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B.
Abu Zubaydah
Abu Zubaydah is a Saudi-born Palestinian alleged al-Qaeda facilitator who became one of the first and most prominent detainees subjected to the CIA’s post-9/11 secret detention and enhanced interrogation program.
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C.
David Hicks
David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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D.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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E.
Khaled al-Hassan
Khaled al-Hassan was a Palestinian politician and founding leader of the Fatah movement who played a key role in shaping modern Palestinian nationalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Guantánamo Bay detainee
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author ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| advocacy |
closure of Guantánamo Bay detention camp
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human rights ⓘ |
| allegiance | Mauritania ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Mohamedou Ould Salahi
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini ⓘ
linked to:
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
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| birthDate | 1970-12-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rosso, Mauritania ⓘ |
| citizenship | Mauritania ⓘ |
| detainedAt |
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
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Guantánamo Bay detention camp ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
Jordanian prison ⓘ |
| detentionCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| detentionEnd | 2016-10-17 ⓘ |
| detentionStart | 2002-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg
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linked to:
University of Duisburg-Essen
|
| experience |
extraordinary rendition
ⓘ
torture during detention ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasGenreAsAuthor |
political writing
ⓘ
prison literature ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | released without charge from Guantánamo Bay ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Mauritanian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a former Guantánamo Bay detainee
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writing a memoir about his imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| name | Mohamedou Ould Slahi ⓘ |
| nationality | Mauritanian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Guantánamo Diary
ⓘ
The Mauritanian (Guantánamo Diary, Special Edition) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mauritanian
|
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork |
Guantánamo Diary, 2015
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linked to:
Guantánamo Diary
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Mauritania ⓘ |
| spokeAt | public events on torture and detention after his release ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Mauritanian
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film adaptation of Guantánamo Diary ⓘ human rights reports on torture and extraordinary rendition ⓘ |
| wrote | Guantánamo Diary ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Mohamedou Ould Slahi Description of subject: Mohamedou Ould Slahi is a Mauritanian author and former Guantánamo Bay detainee whose memoir about his imprisonment inspired the film "The Mauritanian."
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linked to: Mohamedou Ould Slahi