Interesting news… and a good symbol of tolerance for minorities who live in peacefully cooperation in their host countries.
And of course, Bahrain’s selection of a human rights activist for such a prominent position helps illustrate its much better record on human rights than almost all other arab countries.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/28/top11.htm
AL KHOBAR, April 27: Bahrain is nominating a Jewish woman as its ambassador to the United States, press reports said.
Huda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo is Bahrain’s nominee for the post and this is of course very good news for Bahrain’s deep-rooted values of tolerance and openness,” Faisal Fouladh, a Shura Council representative, and some western diplomats were quoted in the reports as saying.
Huda Nonoo, a businesswoman, was also the first Jewish woman to sit in the Bahriani Shura Council, the 40-member upper house of the bicameral legislature, replacing her uncle.
She is also the first Jewish woman to head a rights organisation, the Bahrain Human Rights Watch, as its secretary-general.
The appointment of Huda is based on her qualification and not just ‘a public relationing campaign’ by the island kingdom, her colleagues in Shura insisted.
Huda Nonoo belongs to a tiny Jewish community in Bahrain, dating back to the Talmudic era. Her forefathers migrated from Iraq in the late 19th century.
Re: Bahrain appoints Jewish woman as ambassador to USA
Excellent, simply excellent new. A Woman ambassador. Whatever her religon it would be a non issue in a common sense pluralistic democratic society. But a Jewish woman, great example of accepting equality and intelligence and ability of a person and not depriving them of their rightful amibtion just because they may be a woman, let alone a jew .
A great example from Bahrain. kudos, kudos and more kudos.
Just one edification to the above post; She was born in Bahrain, not an immigrant. therefore , the country is not hosting her she is the rightful citizen by birth.
There are not that many jewish people in Bahrain, but they have a synagogue . Unfortunately , the social advancement of pluralistic society is still not out in the open as the building is a small non descript building which has no official identification on the outside to signify it is a synagogue and i believe it not located in one of the better areas of Bahrain. however, kudos they do have a synagogue.
Sadly to note that Bahrain is the only country in the persian gulf with any kind of jewish community and synagogue. .
Much work is still to be done to promote human rights in Bahrain:
http://www.bahrainrights.org/en for those who want to know more about promoting human rights in Bahrain
Supporting Human Rights throughout the World is the priority of every decent human above all else and anything else.
Overall , its still wonderful news .