Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo
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Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo | |
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| File:Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo.jpg | |
| Shura Council | |
| In office 2000–2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Houda Nonoo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) |
| Residence | Bahrain |
Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo (Arabic: إبراهيم داود نونو, Hebrew: אברהם דוד נונו, also known as Abraham David Nonoo, born: 1960 [1]) is a Bahraini businessman. He sat in the appointed upper house of the Bahraini Parliament's Shura Council between 2001 and 2006,[2][3] the first Jewish member of the council.[4] He is the current CEO of the Basma Company[5] and president of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC)[3] The Nonoo family is originally from Basra, Iraq having moved to Bahrain over a century ago along with hundreds of Jews from Iraq who sought economic opportunities there, but continued to speak the Basrawi dialect.[6][7] In 2006, Nonoo financed repairs to the country's only synagogue.
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References
- ↑ "العضو اليهودي بمجلس الشورى البحريني: ولائي للبحرين ولا أخطط لزيارة إسرائيل, أخبــــــار".
- ↑ "Ramadan reminds me how lucky I am to be a Jew living in the Gulf".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "President | AGJC".
- ↑ Diaspora Affairs Committee members hold Zoom meeting with leaders of Bahrain's Jewish community Knesset News. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2022
- ↑ Reyes, Nancy (29 April 2008). "A Jewish Ambassador in an Arab Land". Blogger News Network. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ↑ בחריין: יהודיה תכהן בפרלמנט (in עברית). Walla!. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2006.
- ↑ "Beth Din of Arabia: Jews in Gulf countries announce first communal organizations". The Times of Israel.
