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Chaldean Dialect of Assyrian Language Finds Its Voice At Oakland
( Andrew McNamara May)On Sept. 9, Oakland University launched its new Chaldean Language and Medical Terminology Program in the Ambassador Rooms of the Oakland Center.
The 1969 Massacre of Assyrians At Sorya Remains Unaddressed By the Iraqi Government
Sorya, Iraq -- The modern history of the Assyrians is overshadowed by massacres and genocides. After the Turkish Genocide of 1915 and the Simmele Massacre, the Assyrian people wer…
4,000-year-old Assyrian Merchant Letter Finally Read By Scientists, But Left Unopened
( Dake Kang/AP)Scientists have finally read a letter penned 4,000 years ago. Why was there such a long wait? They had to view it without cracking its secure clay envelope.
Immigration Policy: My Ancestors vs. Today
A woman sat across from me, describing the life she left behind in a few careful sentences. I recognized something in her story from the one my family has been telling me over the…
Martyrdom in Greek, Armenian and Assyrian Memory
Each year, as Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities gather to commemorate the genocides of the late Ottoman period, familiar symbolism appears. Those lost are remembered not on…
Assyrian Youth Festival Draws More Than 700 Participants in North Iraq
Baghdede (Qaraqosh), North Iraq -- The sixth Baghdede Youth Festival opened with more than 700 young people taking part in a day of prayer, reflection and communal activities unde…
The Ishtar Gate in LEGO Blocks Project
(AINA) -- The Ishtar Gate, currently housed at the Pergamon Museum in Germany, was a monumental gate to the inner city of ancient Babylon. It was built circa 575 BC by King Nebuch…
Assyrian Genocide Exhibition to Be Held in Belgium
Liege, Belgium -- The European Syriac Union (ESU) will hold the fourth edition of its Sayfo exhibition in Liege this month. The exhibition titled Sayfo 1915: Le peuple syriaque, h…
New Constitution Must Guarantee Equality and Minority Participation: Syrian Minister
Hind Kabawat, Syria's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.Syria's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat said the country's new constitution must guarantee equality be…
In a Dutch Town, an Ancient Assyrian Tradition Finds a New Home
Rijsen, Netherlands -- The first thing heard on a Sunday morning at the Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Ignatius Nurono is not Dutch. It is Syriac, part of the Aramaic language fami…
Assyrian MP in Syria Calls for Constitutional Recognition of Assyrian Language and Cultural Rights
Gabriel Mushe, member of Syria's People's Assembly and political official of the Assyrian Democratic Organization.Damascus, Syria -- Gabriel Mushe, member of Syria's People's Asse…
New Archaeological Results From Nimrud, the Assyrian Capital
Excavated structures at Nimrud, northern Iraq. ( Wikimedia Commons)What the world knows about the Assyrian empire, it mostly knows from kings. The palace reliefs and the royal ins…
Turkey Excludes Assyrian Newspaper From Minority Press Support
Ankara -- The exclusion of Sabro, an Assyrian newspaper published in Merde (Mardin), from a financial support programme for minority newspapers run by Turkey's Press Advertising A…
European Policymakers Call for Equal Rights for Syria's Christians
Brussels -- As Syria moves through a precarious political transition, European policymakers, church leaders and Syrian representatives are preparing to gather at the European Parl…
Thousands of Assyrians Gather At St. Gabriel Monastery for Festival
Some 5,000 Assyrians from Turkey and around the world gathered at the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery in southeastern Turkey's Mardin province for the annual Shahro celebration, a …
Archaeologists Unveil Hidden Ancient Assyrian Capital
View of the archaeological site of Nimrud.A project from the University of Udine combines drones, magnetic sensors, and surface surveys to map for the first time the vast lower ci…
Qamishli At 100: The Assyrian Foundations of a Refugee City
This August the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli marked a remarkable milestone: 100 years since its official establishment in 1926. Known to Assyrians as Beth Zalin, Qamishli …
'The Table of Gods' Brings Ancient Mesopotamian Cuisine to a Global Audience
Stockholm -- The history of the ancient civilizations and peoples of Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia), whom the Suroyo (Syriac--Aramean--Assyrian--Chaldean) people today regard as their …
Sweden Opens First Assyrian-language Elderly Care Unit
Botkyrka, Sweden -- Sweden has opened its first elderly-care unit with a Assyrian-language profile, giving members of the country's long-established Assyrian community the opportu…
Assyrian Church in California Celebrates 100th Anniversary
The original members of the St. John's Assyrian Presbyterian Church at the building on 450 S. Palm St. ( Sharill Youkhaneh)In the early 20th century, Assyrian families from the Mi…
Newly Digitized Materials Paint a Fuller Picture of 19th Assyrians in Iran
Assyrian school children in Iranian village, 1892-1918.News has reached the Presbyterian Historical Society that the Bancroft Library team at the University of California, Berkele…