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For First Time in Over 50 Years, Jewish Couple Gets Married in Bahrain

The son of Houda Nonoo – Bahrain’s former envoy to the United States and the first Jewish Bahraini to hold the position of ambassador – wed his wife in a milestone for the Jewish community in the Gulf nation

Samuel Sokol is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem. He was previously a correspondent at the Jerusalem Post and has reported for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Times of Israel. He is the author of Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews.
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Samuel Sokol is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem. He was previously a correspondent at the Jerusalem Post and has reported for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Times of Israel. He is the author of Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews.
Sam Sokol

A Jewish couple was married in Bahrain for the first time in over a century, and just over a year after the Gulf state normalized ties with Israel.

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