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List Of Jews From The Arab World
From the Arab Expansion until the 1960s, Jews were a significant part of the population of Arab countries. Before 1948, an estimated 900,000 Jews lived in what are now Arab states. Here is a list of some prominent Jews from the Arab World, arranged by country of birth. Al-Andalus * Dunash ben Labrat, commentator, poet, and grammarian * Mūsā ibn Maymūn, medieval philosopher and Torah scholar * Abu Harun Musa bin Ya'acub ibn Ezra, philosopher and linguist * Hasdai ibn Shaprut, scholar, physician, and diplomat Algeria * Isaac Alfasi, Talmudist and posek; best known for his work of ''halakha''Leonard Levy, ''R. Yitzhaq Alfasi's application of principles of adjudication in Halakhot Rabbati'', footnotes 11-27 * Jacques Attali, economist, writer * Cheb i Sabbah, famous club DJ * Lili Boniche, musician * Patrick Bruel, singer, actor * Alain Chabat, actor * Hélène Cixous, feminist writer * Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel prize (1997) * Jacques Derrida, deconstructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty ( ar, ٱلْأُمَوِيُّون, ''al-ʾUmawīyūn'', or , ''Banū ʾUmayyah'', "Sons of Umayya ibn Abd Shams, Umayyah"). Uthman ibn Affan (r. 644–656), the third of the Rashidun caliphs, was also a member of the clan. The family established dynastic, hereditary rule with Mu'awiya I, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, long-time governor of Syria (region), Greater Syria, who became the sixth caliph after the end of the First Fitna in 661. After Mu'awiyah's death in 680, conflicts over the succession resulted in the Second Fitna, and power eventually fell into the hands of Marwan I from another branch of the clan. Greater Syria remained the Umayyads' main power base thereafter, with Damascus serving as their capital. The Umayyads c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hanin
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Iraqis
British Iraqis are British citizens who originate from Iraq. The three main ethnicities within the British Iraqi community are Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, according to a publication by the International Organization for Migration. There are also smaller Christian, Mandaean and Yazidi communities.. History The UK has had a significant Iraqi population since the late 1940s. Refugees including liberal and radical intellectuals dissatisfied with the monarchist regime moved to the UK at this time. Supporters of the monarchy subsequently fled to the UK after it was overthrown. According to an International Organization for Migration mapping exercise, many settled Iraqi migrants in the UK moved for educational purposes or to seek a better life in the 1950s and 1960s. Some members of religious minorities were also forced to leave Iraq in the 1950s. Other Iraqis migrated to the UK to seek political asylum during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, with large number of Kurds and Shi'a Muslim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misha Nonoo
Misha Nonoo is a US-based British-Bahraini fashion designer, best known for her eponymous line of women's ready-to-wear. Early life Nonoo was born in Bahrain to an Iraqi father of Jewish descent and an English mother. Her family moved to London when she was 11, and she attended ACS Cobham school and Guildford High School in Surrey. During high school, Nonoo worked as a fashion model represented by Nevs agency. She moved to New York City in 2009, and worked in menswear for a tailoring company. Career In 2011, Nonoo launched her own fashion label. While working for a tailoring company in Manhattan, she designed and made women's jackets in her time after work. Nonoo was spotted at Prune restaurant by a senior buyer from Intermix, a chain of designer fashion boutiques, wearing one of her own designs, and received a purchase order of $150,000 for her first collection. She was a finalist in the 2013 Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund. She was named to the Forbes' 30 Under 30 In Art & Style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houda Ezra Nonoo
Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo ( ar, هدى عزرا نونو; born 7 September 1964) served as the Bahraini Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2013. She was appointed to the position by decree of Foreign Affairs Minister Khaled Ben Ahmad Al-Khalifa. Nonoo is the first Jew, and third woman, to be appointed ambassador of Bahrain. She is also the first Jewish ambassador of any Middle Eastern Arab country,"Bahreïn persiste et signe" Radio Canada, June 8, 2008"Une juive ambassadrice d'un pays arabe" Radio Canada, May 31, 2008 and the first fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walla!
Walla! Communications Ltd. ( he, וואלה! תקשורת בע"מ) is an Israeli internet company headquartered in Tel Aviv and is fully owned by The Jerusalem Post. Until 2020, it was fully owned by Bezeq. Walla!'s web portal provides news, search (powered by Google Search) and e-mail, among other things. It is also one of the first Israeli internet portals, and is considered one of the most popular web sites in the country. , Alexa rankings put it in the top 9 sites by traffic originating in Israel. Its online news outlet Walla! News is one of the major Israeli news websites. The outlet has been accused of biased media reporting in favour of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Employees of the company have been summoned as witnesses in Case 4000, one of the corruption trials involving Netanyahu. History The portal was founded by Erez Pilosof and Gadi Hadar in 1995 as Israel's first online website directory, and soon afterwards acquired by "Mashov Computers Marketing", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo
Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo ( ar, إبراهيم داوود نونو, he, אברהם דוד נונו, also known as Abraham David Nonoo, born: 1960 ) is a Bahraini businessman. He sat in the appointed upper house of the Bahraini Parliament's Shura Council between 2001 and 2006, the first and only Jewish member of the council. He is the current CEO of the Basma Company and president of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) 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. In 2006, Nonoo financed repairs to the country's only synagogue. See also * Nancy Khedouri Nancy Dinah Elly Khedouri ( ar, نانسي دينا إيلي خضوري; he, נאנסי ח'דורי; born 1975) is a Bahraini politician, businesswoman and writer. She has been a National Assembly of Bahrain member since 2010. Biography The Kh .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Khedouri
Nancy Dinah Elly Khedouri ( ar, نانسي دينا إيلي خضوري; he, נאנסי ח'דורי; born 1975) is a Bahraini politician, businesswoman and writer. She has been a National Assembly of Bahrain member since 2010. Biography The Khedouris family are one of the Jewish families in Bahrain, a family of importers of tablecloths and linens. Her direct family is third generation in Bahrain, and she is the cousin of Houda Nonoo, the Bahraini Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2013.Ismaeel NaarRetracing Bahrain’s Jewish contributions to Gulf economics and politics ''Alarabiya.net'', 26 February 2017 In her 2007 book ''From Our Beginning to Present Day'', she documented the history of Bahraini Jews from the first settlers (late 1880s) to our days. In 2010, Nancy Khedouri became a member of the National Assembly of Bahrain. She has worked on smoothening relationships with Israel by appearing publicly with political figures such as Yisrael Katz. In April 2017, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqis
Iraqis ( ar, العراقيون, ku, گهلی عیراق, gelê Iraqê) are people who originate from the country of Iraq. Iraq consists largely of most of ancient Mesopotamia, the native land of the indigenous Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations, which was subsequently conquered, invaded and ruled by foreigners for centuries after the fall of the indigenous Mesopotamian empires. As a direct consequence of this long history, the contemporary Iraqi population comprises a significant number of different ethnicities. However, recent studies indicate that the different ethno-religious groups of Iraq (Mesopotamia) share significant similarities in genetics, likely due to centuries of assimilation between invading populations and the indigenous ethnic groups. Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, while Kurds are the largest ethnic minority, Turkmens are the third largest ethnic group, while other ethnic groups include Yazidis, indigenous Assyria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menasheh Idafar
Menasheh Idafar (born 13 March 1991) is a British-Bahraini racing driver with dual citizenship. In 2010 he competed in the British Formula 3 Championship and won the National Class. Menasheh is part of the small Jewish community of Bahrain. His father is Salman Idafar (a British Jew) and his mother is Houda Nonoo (a Bahraini Jew) who was the first Jew, and third woman, to be appointed ambassador of Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an .... References External links Official websiteCareer statistics from Driver Database 1991 births Living people Bahraini Jews Bahraini people of Iraqi-Jewish descent British Jews British racing drivers Formula Renault BARC drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinette L'Oranaise
Sultana Daoud (also known as Reinette l'Oranaise; 1918 in Tiaret, French Algeria – 17 November 1998, in Paris) was an Algerian Jewish singer, who helped preserve Arab-Andalus music, as well as introducing the genre to European audiences. Early life She was born in Tiaret, the daughter of a Moroccan Rabbi. Being blind as a result of smallpox when two years old, she studied at a school for the blind in Algiers, until her mother encouraged her to take up music. She studied with Saoud l'Oranais, who gave her the nickname ''Reinette l'Oranaise'' ("Queenie from Oran"). From him she learned to play several instruments, and learned a great many traditional songs in the Arab-Andalus and Raï styles. They moved to Paris in 1938, but at his suggestion she soon returned to Algeria. There she joined the orchestra of Meriem Fekkaï, until Algerian independence ended her career - she had been opposed to independence. Unable to find work in her home country, she returned to France, playing in re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line Monty
Line Monty, born as Éliane Serfati, also known by her stage name Leïla Fateh (1926 in Algiers – 19 August 2003 in Paris), was a Jewish Algerian singer who sang in Arabic and French. Career She first appeared on a short movie by Alberto Spadolini ''Nous, les Gitanes'' in 1950.Line Monty - La Française qui chante si bien l'arabe at jechantemagazine.net, retrieved May 10th 2019 In 1952 she started recording on Pathé Marconi's behalf. A collection of her recordings of and |
