Career
She was appointed to the position by decree of Foreign Affairs Minister Khaled Ben Ahmad First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Khalifa. Nonoo is the first Jewish person, and third woman, to be appointed ambassador of Bahrain. She is also the first Jewish ambassador of any Middle Eastern Arab country, and the first female Bahraini ambassador to the United States.
First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Khalifa rejected these concerns.
Nonoo lived for an extended period of time in the United Kingdom, where she attended a Jewish school. She earned a Bachelor in accounting from City University London and an Master of Business Administration from the International University of Europe in Watford.
After her father died, she returned to Bahrain to take over one of the family businesses, becoming a successful businesswoman. Her appointment made headlines because Houda is part of the small Jewish community of Bahrain.
Bahrain"s Jewish community reportedly consists in just thirty-seven people, most of whom are the descendants of immigrants from Iraq and Iran.
The Nonoo family is originally from Iraq having moved to Bahrain over a century ago.
