Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo

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Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo
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Shura Council
In office
2000–2005
Succeeded byHouda Nonoo
Personal details
Born1960
ResidenceBahrain

Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo (Arabic: إبراهيم داوود 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 2001-2006,[2][3] the first and only Jewish member of the Council.[4] He is the current CEO of the Basma Company[5] and president of the (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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  5. ^ Reyes, Nancy (29 April 2008). "A Jewish Ambassador in an Arab Land". Blogger News Network. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  6. ^ בחריין: יהודיה תכהן בפרלמנט (in Hebrew). Walla!. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  7. ^ [5]

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