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PO Box 1345
Wheaton, MD 20915
Tel: 301.933.3552
Fax: 301.949.0065
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Kingdom of Bahrain
Ambassador Houda Nonoo
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Houda Nonoo became ambassador of Bahrain to the United States on July 24, 2008, becoming the Arab world’s first Jewish woman to serve as ambassador to the United States. Her grandfather, Ibrahim Nonoo, represented the Jewish community in Bahrain's municipal council formed by the British authorities in 1934.
Ambassador Nonoo followed in the footsteps of her cousin, Ibrahim Nonoo, when she was appointed by the king to the Shura (consultative) Council, the upper chamber of Parliament, in 2006, serving on the Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs. Ambassador Nonoo also helped to establish the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) in November 2004 and was elected the group’s general-secretary in September 2005. In addition, she has served as the financial director of both Gourmet and Jetflair International in the United Kingdom, and since 1993, Ambassador Nonoo has served as the managing director of Gulf Computer Services in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Ambassador Nonoo received her master’s in business administration from the International University of Europe in Waterford, U.K., and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the City of London Polytechnic.
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Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
3502 International Drive NW
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: (202) 342-1111
Fax (202) 362-2192
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