Bahrain Names Jewish Woman as Ambassador to US

May 29, 2008

Author: Reem Khalifa

Source: Fox News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May29/0,4670,BahrainJewishAmbassador,00.html

Bahrain's king has appointed a woman believed to be the Arab world's first Jewish ambassador as the country's envoy to Washington.

Lawmaker Houda Nonoo said she was proud to serve her country "first of all as a Bahraini," adding she was not chosen for the post because of her religion.

"It is a great honor to have been appointed as the first female ambassador to the United States of America and I am looking forward to meeting this new challenge," Nonoo told The Associated Press by telephone.