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