Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo

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]

Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo
Shura Council
In office 2000–2005
Succeeded by	Houda Nonoo
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Residence	Bahrain

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.

See also

• Nancy Khedouri
• Houda Nonoo

References

1. "العضو اليهودي بمجلس الشورى البحريني: ولائي للبحرين ولا أخطط لزيارة إسرائيل, أخبــــــار".
2. "Ramadan reminds me how lucky I am to be a Jew living in the Gulf".
3. "President | AGJC".
4. Diaspora Affairs Committee members hold Zoom meeting with leaders of Bahrain's Jewish community Knesset News. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2022
5. 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.
6. בחריין: יהודיה תכהן בפרלמנט (in Hebrew). Walla!. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2006.
7. "Beth Din of Arabia: Jews in Gulf countries announce first communal organizations". The Times of Israel.

External links

• The Basma Company