Nancy Dinah Elly Khedouri ( ar, نانسي دينا إيلي خضوري; he, נאנסי ח'דורי; born 1975) is a

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 ...

i politician, businesswoman and writer. She has been a

National Assembly of Bahrain The National Assembly ( ar, المجلس الوطني البحريني) is the legislative body of Bahrain. Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the 40 elected members of the Council of Representatives (the lower house) and the 40 royally-ap ...

member since 2010.

Biography

The Khedouris family are one of the Jewish families in

, a family of importers of tablecloths and linens. Her direct family is third generation in Bahrain, and she is the cousin of

Houda 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 ...

, the Bahraini Ambassador to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

from 2008 to 2013.Ismaeel Naar
Retracing 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

. She has worked on smoothening relationships with Israel by appearing publicly with political figures such as

Yisrael Katz Yisrael Katz ( he, ישראל כץ, 6 December 1927 – 29 October 2010) was an Israeli scholar, civil servant and politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. He was one of the most influential people in Israel in the creation ...

. In April 2017, she represented her country at the

World Jewish Congress The World Jewish Congress (WJC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations. According to its mission statement, the World Jewish Congress' main purpose is to act as ...

Works

*''From Our Beginning to Present Day'' ( ar, بداياتنا و حتى وقتنا الحاضر), Manama, Bahrain, 2007 Jay Levinson,
Book Review
''Jewishmag.com'', January 2008

References

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