Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo
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Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo | |
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| Shura Council | |
| In office 2000–2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Houda Nonoo |
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| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) |
Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo (Arabic: إبراهيم داود نونو, born 1960[1]) is a Bahraini businessman and politician. He was a member in the appointed upper house of the Bahraini Parliament's Shura Council between 2001 and 2006.[2][3] He was 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]
He serves as the head of the House of the Ten Commandments Synagogue[6] and as the head of the Jewish community of Bahrain.[7]
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.[8][9] In 2006, Nonoo financed repairs to the country's only synagogue.
