Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo (, born 1960) is a

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

i businessman and politician. He was a member in the appointed upper house of the Bahraini Parliament's

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between 2001 and 2006. He was the first

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member of the council. He is the current

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of the Basma Company and president of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) The Nonoo family is originally from

Basra Basra () is a port city in Iraq, southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the List of largest cities of Iraq, third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq bor ...

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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. In 2006, Nonoo financed repairs to the country's only

synagogue A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as wed ...

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The Basma Company
Living people Bahraini Jews Jewish Bahraini politicians Members of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain) Bahraini businesspeople Bahraini people of Iraqi-Jewish descent 1960 births {{Judaism-bio-stub

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