January 25, 2000

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Z I N D A M = A G A Z I N=20 E

Volume=20 V = =20 Issue 39
Kanoon=20 II 25,=20 6749 &nb= sp; &nbs= p; = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 January 25, 2000

T H I S = W E E=20 K I N Z I N D=20 A

The=20 Lighthouse	The Most Important Events and Persons of the = 20th=20 Century
Good=20 Morning Bet-Nahrain	Heavy Snowstorm hits Northern Iraq = Ancient Artifacts Discovered in Southern = Iraq
News=20 Digest	Pope to Visit Egypt, Coptic = Christians
Surfs=20 Up	"imagine what they're feeding the young=20 minds"
Surfers=20 Corner	Free Internet Directory of Assyrian=20 Businesses
Assyrian=20 Surfing Posts	William Saroyan's "Seventy Thousand = Assyrians"=20 Chaldean and Assyrian: Synonym National = Names=20 Hujada Magazine's Forum Assyrian Forum
Literatus	Loyalties Divided Over U.S.-Iran Soccer=20 Match
Bravo	Chaldean Town Center
Milestones	Julia Odisho
Pump=20 Up the Volume	Old & Renew (in Suryoyo)
Back=20 to the Future	King Cyrus' Tomb and Yosuf Malik's=20 Athra
This=20 Week in History	Malik Yacu Malik Ismael
Calendar=20 of Events	January = 2000

All blue=20 links throughout this issue are hyperlinks to other sections on this = page or=20 featured websites.=20

THE LIGHTHOUSE=20

20TH CENTURY'S MOST=20 IMPORTANT

As the Twentieth Century came = to a close,=20 Assyrians were still yearning for the messiah promised in the final days = of the=20 Nineteenth Century. Looking back at the colorful pages of the = Assyrian=20 history in the last one hundred years, we find several unsung heroes and = heroines who could easily fit that profile. However, they were = either=20 thrown out of their homeland, assassinated, or wooed by internal = forces. =20 The Twentieth Century gave us a new sense of rebirth, nationalism,=20 self-confidence, and most of all a political identity. In fact, it = was=20 during this time that the Neo-Aramaic speaking Christians of the Middle = East=20 began to identify themselves as "Assyrian" - a term often dismissed as = "too=20 political" or even "atheistic". The name "Assyrian" remains = as=20 controversial today as it was a hundred years ago. Even as our = staff is=20 compiling the information for this week's issue, from the Internet = bulletin=20 boards and public forums in Europe to the offices of the U.S. Census = Bureau, the=20 discussions on the future and the meaning of the word "Assyrian" receive = more=20 attention than any other related topics.=20

In the past four weeks, Zinda = Magazine=20 received over 70 responses from its readers on the nominations for the = most=20 important events and persons of the last century. The responses = were=20 seldom surprising. In fact nearly all messages included the top = three=20 occurrences listed below as the most influential events. = Interestingly,=20 the top two events were two massacres followed by two assassinations of = the=20 religious leaders and two regional wars in the Middle East. Only = five=20 readers had recalled World War II as an important event. The = Internet was=20 voted more important than the political presence of the Assyrian = population in=20 northern Iraq. This was quite surprising, although the effect of = Internet=20 communication can hardly be disputed.=20

What truly surprised our staff = was the=20 near-complete absence of the Assyrian political parties in our readers'=20 responses. Only a very few mentioned the establishment of the = Assyrian=20 Democratic Organization (1957), Assyrian Universal Alliance (1968) and = the=20 Assyrian Democratic Movement in the 1970's as note-worthy events. = Four=20 readers had noted the founding of Beth-Nahrain organization and the = Beth-Nahrian=20 Democratic Party and one reader reminded us of the establishment of the = Assyrian=20 Youth Cultural Society in Tehran- the predecessor of the political = movements of=20 1970's and the establishment of the AUA in 1968.=20

The top 10 most important = events of the=20 Twentieth Century based on Zinda Magazine readers' responses are as=20 follow:=20

1. The Genocide of the = Assyrian &=20 Armenian populations in the Ottoman Empire (1915) =
2. The Massacre at Simel (7-11 = August=20 1933)
3. = The=20 Assassination of Mar Benyamin Shimmun (16 March 1918) =
4. Iran-Iraq War = (1980-88)=20
5. The Assassination of = Mar Ishai=20 Shimmun (6 November 1975)
6. Gulf War (1990-91)
7. The Coming to Power of the Baath Party in Iraq=20 (1968)
8. = Emigration=20 of Assyrians from the Middle East beginning in the late = 1960's=20
9. Internet (1994 to=20 Present)
10. = Post-Gulf War=20 Assyrian political involvement in Northern Iraq (1991 to = Present)=20

*****

The people nominated as the = most important=20 Assyrian personalities in the last century have three things in = common: =20 they demonstrated resilience despite much hardship, they succeeded in = inflaming=20 the fires of Assyrian nationalism and hope, and each instigated a change = in the=20 status quo like never seen before. They led the people through = mass=20 exoduses, wrote poetry and love songs, inspired the future generation, = and met=20 with the leaders of Middle Eastern and European nations to bring closer = unity=20 among the disparate factions of this rapidly dispersing nation. = Often=20 ill-equipped to compete with their social and political foes, they = succeeded in=20 surpassing the expectations of their flock and fans.=20

The most important Assyrian = persons of the=20 Twentieth Century according to the Zinda Magazine readers = are:=20

1. Agha Petros d'Baz=20 (     -1932); commander of Assyrian armies from 1915 = through=20 1920's
2. = Mar Benyamin=20 Shimmun (      -1918); 117th Patriarch of the = Church of=20 the East
3. Naum Faiq=20 (1868-1939); political activist and journalist
4. Dr. Freidoun Atouraya = (   =20 -1924); political activist, author and poet
5. Malik Yacub d'Malik Ismail = (1894-1974);=20 commander of Assyrian armies, author, political activist =
6. Mar Ishai Shimmun (1908-1975); = 119th=20 Patriarch of the Church of the East
7. William Daniel (1903-88); music composer, author, = poet, social=20 activist
8. Yosif=20 Malik (1899-1959); political activist, journalist, author, delegate to=20 international conferences
9. Dr. Sargon Dadesho (1948-    ); = activist,=20 author, radio-television commentator
10. Ashur Bet-Sargis (1949-     ); = musician,=20 vocalist, poet=20

The result of our public poll = is an=20 extraordinarily powerful message to the present and future generation of = Assyrians: the ongoing effort to bring recognition to "Assyrian" = identity=20 which began in the last century has cost many lives and required an = unimaginable=20 number of sacrifices. Assyrians underwent a considerable social = and=20 political evolution. A hundred years ago, a large portion of the=20 population lived in the villages of Beth-Nahrain and the former Soviet=20 States. Look around your local Assyrian community! What a = difference=20 a hundred years of rebellion against religious autocracy and search for = better=20 economic conditions can make...=20

The Messiah of the Twenty-First = Century=20 will have to offend many of our current misconceptions and dispute the=20 materialistic choices we have made in the last three decades. Back = to=20 basic values will indeed be the message of salvation. A leader of = the=20 Patriotic Revolutionaries of the Beth-Nahrin once told a Zinda = reporter: =20 "It is unbelievable how much the villagers in Urmia know about San Jose = and=20 Turlock; more so than they do of Dohuk and Zakho. We should be = ashamed of=20 ourselves."=20

In two months from today the = Assyrian=20 nation and all its religious denominations and ethnic groups will = celebrate the=20 6750 years of its national conscience. We have much to celebrate = despite=20 of many failures in the past. Indeed the most important lesson of = the past=20 century was that "The Past does not equal the Future." = Learning from=20 our past mishaps, we should look forward to a century of unity, = recognition, and=20 interdependence. Nothing new of course, as both Hakim Freidoun = Atouraya=20 and Agha Petros preached the same message before their untimely = death. =20 This time however, we know the change must first come from=20 within.=20

We thank our readers for their=20 participation in our "Most Important Events & Persons of the 20th = Century"=20 poll.=20

Zinda Magazine =
=20

GOOD MORNING=20 BET-NAHRAIN=20

HEAVY SNOWSTORM HITS NORTHERN = IRAQ, ROADS=20 CLOSED

(ZNDA: Dohuk) A heavy = rain and=20 snowstorm hit northern Iraq last week and has already resulted in = closing of=20 several roads. According to the Iraqi al-Zouraa magazine, on = Friday the=20 snowfall had reached almost 4 feet (over one meter) in Dohuk, Arbel, and = al-Suleimaniyeh. The storm hit the Middle East last Tuesday = evening and=20 has caused damage in Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Iraq.=20

ANCIENT ARTIFACTS DISCOVERED IN = SOUTHERN=20 BET-NAHRAIN

(ZNDA: Baghdad) = Earlier this=20 month, according to the Iraq News Agency, an excavation team at the = Department=20 of Antiquities and Heritage of the Ministry of Information and Culture = has=20 unearthed 397 artifacts dating back to the middle of the third = millennium=20 B.C. in Basmyia (ancient Adeb), southern Iraq. The pieces = found=20 include pots, cups, jars, clay tablets with cuneiform and Sumerian = writing, and=20 a number of cylindrical seals. One of the seals depicts a pastoral = scene=20 and a tall man with horns, possibly King Gilgamesh or Enkidu of the Epic = of=20 Gilgamesh. Other finds include weapons of different sizes, round and = open clay=20 sewers, animal-shaped toys, wheels, carriages and miniature=20 humans.=20

The excavation began in = November of last=20 year and will continue until 2002.
=20

NEWS DIGEST=20

POPE TO VISIT EGYPT, COPTIC=20 CHRISTIANS

(ZNZI: Vatican) According = to the=20 Zenit News Agency, Pope John Paul II will be visiting Egypt from = February 24-26=20 where he will give public recognition to the fidelity of the Christian = community=20 of that country, the majority of whom are of Coptic. Violent acts = by the=20 Muslim fundamentalists against the Christian communities in Egypt are=20 commonplace as tens of shopkeepers and ordinary Christian citizens of = that=20 country have been victims of anti-Christian violence. The = police has=20 already been accused of discriminating against the Copts and torturing = several=20 of them during the investigation of such crimes. In the wake of that=20 confrontation, Egyptian human rights organizations denounced the Police = for=20 alleged torture of Coptic citizens. The denunciation was published in an = article=20 in the British "Sunday Telegraph" newspaper, a publication which was = severely=20 criticized by the Egyptian government and Muslim religious dignitaries = of the=20 country.=20

According to tradition, the = Coptic Church=20 was founded by the evangelist St. Mark, who carried the preaching of the = Christian faith to Egypt.=20

SURF'S = UP!

"There is a text book TAUGHT to our children of 9-12 years of = age in=20 schools and libraries called "The Assyrian Empire" by Don Nardo and = published by=20 Lucent Books, Inc., San Diego, California. It states Assyrians are = no=20 longer in existence.=20

Following is the exact wording = of a=20 paragraph from page 5:=20

"Like the Babylonians and other = legendary=20 Mesopotamian cultures, the Assyrians had long ago vanished from = history's stage;=20 and modern historians had no way even to prove their existence, much = less to=20 locate their remains."=20

Here is another paragraph on = page=20 83:=20

The animosities that fueled = relentless wars=20 between the peoples of the Tigris-Euphrates plains (Sumerians, = Babylonians,=20 Assyrians) and the Iranian highlands (Elamites, Medes, Persians) have = their=20 modern counterparts in recent disputes and conflicts between the nation = of Iraq=20 and Iran. And the ancient desire to march south to and control the = Persian Gulf,=20 a prime goal of conquerors from Akkad's Sargon to Assyria's = Assurbanipal, was=20 mirrored in Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a tiny country occupying = what was=20 once
southern = Sumer, cradles=20 of Mesopotamian civilization.=20

Then, the author goes on and = quotes the=20 following paragraph from a known researcher Daniel C. Snell (Life in the = Ancient=20 Near East, p. 143):=20

Thus, as Daniel Snell points = out, in=20 certain ways the rich mixture of ancient Near Eastern cultures, of which = Assyria=20 was a part, did not die but the texts that documented them ceased, their = rulers=20 changed, and they became slowly the societies and economies of the = region today.=20 It would be wrong to overemphasize the continuities with the past of = those=20 societies but it would be equally wrong to ignore that the (present)=20 geographical realities are similar to conditions in ancient times. To = (study)=20 the distant past of these
places does not give us keys to policy questions for people of = the=20 region today. But it (illuminates) a very long and important part of the = human=20 past and helps us to see some of the variety and triumphs of our now = dead=20 fellows.=20

What do you think about this=20 paragraph?=20

This is just one sample. Just = imagine what=20 they are feeding the young minds in schools and libraries. Is = there=20 anything we can do to stop this sham?=20

Let your readers be = aware.=20

Tony Zango =
U.S.=20

Don Nardo is the author of a series of books = entitled=20 "World History Series" published in 1998 by the Green Haven Press and = the Lucent=20 Books in San Diego, California. The reading level of these books = is=20 appropriate for grades 5 through 8. Mr Nardo, as most other = authors of=20 modern children's history books, relies heavily on the "orientalist" = views of=20 the turn-of-the-last-century Assyriologists. While today's = Assyriologists,=20 as Dr. Parpolla and Dr. Saggs, emphasize the continuity of "Assyrian = presence"=20 after the Fall of 612 B.C. , our schools continue to promote the = outdated notion=20 of mass extinction of the Assyrian people after the Fall. Zinda = Magazine=20 invites its readers to write to the Green Haven Press at = info@greenhaven.com and=20 demand immediate revision of the errors noted above. Mr. Nardo = must be=20 praised for taking the time to explore the topic of ancient Assyrian = history to=20 children and encouraged to continue such noble work- this time with an = emphasis=20 on the "continuity" and not "extinction" of one of world's proudest=20 civilizations.=20

For more information:=20

The Assyrian Empire by Don Nardo: Click=20 Here
(858) 485-7424 =
=20

SURFERS CORNER=20

FREE INTERNET DIRECTORY OF = ASSYRIAN=20 BUSINESSES

We would like to announce to = you the=20 opening of our "Assyrians in = Canada" website's new section called "Free = Services". Here=20 Assyrian businesses, both online and real ones, will have the ability to = advertise their business online to thousands of Assyrians who visit our = site=20 daily. Our site receives a record of about 2000 hits a day and we host = both=20 Assyrian text and voice chat.=20

The Advantages:=20

By advertising your business on = our site,=20 you will have the advantages of displaying it to Assyrians and even=20 non-Assyrians all over the world. Our page has been hitting new records = in the=20 number of people visiting it. Here are some numbers about the number of = hits our=20 website got in the last week=20

January 22, = 2000    =20 2140 hits
January 21,=20 2000     1814
January 20, 2000     1913 =
January 19, 2000     = 1830
January 18, = 2000     1756
January 17, 2000     2580 =
January 16, 2000     = 1530=20

The new page will also be a = place for=20 consumers trying to find what they want. The other advantage I put ahead = is help=20 create an online Assyrian economy, or as I call it " Virtual Assyrian=20 Economy"=20

What does it = cost?=20

The service is free and will = not cost=20 anything. All you need to do to help us with the costs of displaying = your ads is=20 click on our banners that are spread all over our website, at the bottom = of=20 every page. The other way through which you can help us, is to send us = any=20 voluntary donation, once you know that our website is doing well for = you. We are=20 sure it will. But again the service is free of charge.=20

How to advertise: =

Simply send us the details = about your=20 business, the location, how to contacts you, and a banner or card of it. = The=20 advertisement will be displayed according to its type (i.e: Computers) = and=20 location. That is all it takes to put your business online to thousands = of=20 Assyrians worldwide.=20

Our email is: = ashor@idirect.com or=20 assyrianauthors@hotmail.com=20

Thank you!=20

Ashoor
"Assyrians in Canada"=20

MILESTONES=20

Julia = Odisho

Born in San Jose, California at = 2:31 am on=20 January 11, 2000
8lbs. 4oz.=20 , 19.5 inches.
Parents: Wilbert & Belona Odisho=20

ASSYRIAN=20 SURFING POSTS
Links to Other Assyrian Websites

Wil= liam=20 Saroyan's "Seventy Thousand Assyrians" - A short = Story

Chaldean and = Assyrian:=20 Synonym National Names In Our Modern History

Hujada=20 Magazine's Forum

Assyrian=20 Forum

LITERATUS=20

LOYALTIES DIVIDED OVER = U.S.-IRAN SOCCER=20 MATCH

The following article was printed in the = Modesto Bee=20 Newspaper, January 16, 2000.
Article = written by=20 Suzanne Hurt, Modesto Bee Staff Writer=20

Half of soccer coach Edison = "Eddie" David's=20 Assyrian club team was missing from Wednesday night's practice in=20 Turlock.=20

Iranian-born players are so = gonzo for their=20 mother country's national team, they were already in Los Angeles to = watch Iran=20 beat Ecuador that night.=20

Several who were at practice = said they=20 would join thousands of other Iranian-Americans in Pasadena today when = Iran and=20 the United States face off on American turf.=20

And many other Assyrians = throughout the=20 area -- whether they emigrated from Iran, Iraq or Lebanon -- will watch = the=20 match on ESPN at 2 p.m. But deciding which team to cheer is as = individual as the=20 reasons that brought them West.=20

Standing on a cold, dimly lit = field outside=20 the Assyrian American Civic Club of Turlock, Eagles player Josef = Givargis said=20 it won't be hard for him to choose sides.=20

"Even though we're Americans, = we're still=20 going to root for Iran," said the 27-year-old right halfback, steam = rising from=20 his blue soccer shirt after he left a tiring drill of keep = away.=20

Givargis, who has lived in the = U.S. for a=20 decade, bought front-row tickets three months ago. There won't be any=20 American-style head-shaving or face-painting for the game, which is = basically a=20 glamorized scrimmage. Givargis said he and his Iranian-American friends = from the=20 Bay Area will bring lots of drums and bells into the stands. But = 31-year-old=20 team captain Sam David, who was 9 when his family came here, said he is=20 relishing the chance to take the other side and trash-talk his friends' = favorite=20 team while barbecuing and watching the game at his Turlock = house.=20

"I bleed red, white and blue," = he said,=20 leaning on a fence after practice. "There's a reason why I'm here. From = a=20 personal standpoint, we're just glad to leave there. Being Christian in = a Muslim=20 country ... it's very difficult. I'm rooting for the U.S." =

Many of his teammates were good = enough in=20 Iran that they might have played professionally if they had stayed. So=20 naturally, their ultimate dream would have been to play for the Iranian = team,=20 said their coach.=20

Sweat dripped from teammate = Claidin=20 Davididof's chin as he explained in Assyrian.=20

"It's like this. We are from = Iran. We will=20 definitely root for Iran," he smiled. "It's not politics. We don't root = for them=20 because Iran and America are not good these days."=20

Davididof said it is not that = important who=20 wins as long as they have a good game.=20

Neither the U.S. nor Iranian = soccer teams=20 is top-rated in the world. They fall far behind Brazil, Holland and = France. But=20 the game will be the first rematch since the U.S. lost to Iran in the = World Cup=20 in 1998.=20

Soccer is the most popular = sport in Iran,=20 where youths play the game in the streets using slightly smaller balls = made of=20 plastic. As a result, Iranian players say they often have better = technique but=20 less speed than their American counterparts. The Americans, on the other = hand,=20 have more money for better equipment and training, they = say.=20

Benny Moradkhan is the goalie = for the=20 Bet-Nahrain Civic Club Lion's soccer team in Ceres. When he lived in = Iran, his=20 favorite team was the home team. Then his family moved to the U.S. when = he was=20 9. Two years ago, he wanted the U.S. to win. This time, he isn't taking=20 sides.=20

"The USA is kind of like the = underdog right=20 now," said Moradkhan, a 24-year-old business major at California State=20 University, Stanislaus. "But I think it's going to be evenly matched. = May the=20 best man win."=20

The game is being called soccer = diplomacy=20 by some. They say it may be one more step toward thawing relations that = turned=20 hostile after Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in = 1979 and=20 held 52 Americans for 444 days.=20

"I think it's a good start," = said Eddie=20 David, who coaches the Eagles and played on the Iraqi national team for = about 10=20 years. "As sportsmen, we all love each other. These soccer players are = people,=20 not government. The American team are people. We don't have a grudge = against=20 each other as people. Sports are not part of politics."=20

Other Assyrian-Americans who = were eating=20 dinner at the Turlock club's restaurant Wednesday night said they wanted = the=20 U.S. to win. David Paulus, who coaches the Turlock High School freshman = soccer=20 team, is organizing carloads of people to go to the game to support the = U.S.=20 Some even said they wanted to see revenge for the 1998 = match.=20

But they're not from Iran. = They're from=20 Iraq.=20

Although Givargis will wear the = colors of=20 the Iranian flag when the two countries meet on the field, he said all = he really=20 wants is a good game.=20

"When you come down to sports, = you speak=20 the same language," he said. "It's good to see there's something that = can still=20 bring people together."
=20

BRAVO=20

CHALDEAN TOWN = CENTER=20

Haifa Fakhouri, right, of the Arab-American and Chaldean = Council --=20 shown with Gail Warden of Henry Ford Health Systems -- is spearheading = the=20 proposed Arab Chaldean Town on Seven Mile between Woodward and John=20 R.=20

Watch out Greektown -- Haifa Fakhouri wants to = transform a=20 nine-block strip of older stores, restaurants and bakeries in northeast = Detroit=20 into Arab Chaldean Town.=20

Fakhouri, president and chief executive of the = Arab-American=20 and Chaldean Council (ACC) in Lathrup Village, is overseeing plans to = renovate=20 Seven Mile between Woodward and John R into a lively urban district = patterned=20 after successful outdoor marketplaces such as Detroit's Greektown or = Mexican=20 Village.=20

"The Seven Mile strip needs a face-lift with new = streetlights,=20 sidewalks, banners, awnings and entry markers," Fakhouri said. The = council=20 recently completed a $1-million renovation of a dilapidated building on = Seven=20 Mile, west of John R, into its Detroit headquarters and a clinic run by = Henry=20 Ford Health Systems.=20

"We worked for several years with Arab-American = businesses and=20 local community leaders to create a festival marketplace on Warren in = Dearborn,=20 and we want to transplant that success to Seven Mile," she said. "There = is a=20 large population of Arab Americans near Seven Mile already, so the = market is=20 there." Fakhouri, who also plans to spur residential development in the = area=20 through a combination of private and public funds, recently approached = area=20 businesses and officials from Wayne County and Detroit to bring her = vision to=20 reality.=20

"We've created a land-use plan for the area that = requires some=20 zoning changes, but we feel the Seven Mile district has great = potential," said=20 DeWitt J. Henry, Wayne County's director of the Department of Jobs and = Economic=20 Development. "You really have to treat the area as a shopping center. = "With=20 common street lamps, banners, courtyards and awnings, people really feel = they're=20 part of something that is pleasant and secure, so they'll make regular = trips=20 there for lunch, dinner or shopping. We also worked on the Arab district = in=20 Dearborn, and that's been a great success."=20

While Fakhouri is raising funds for the street = improvements,=20 she is overseeing several community services at the council's Detroit=20 headquarters, including job training and placement programs, = cross-cultural=20 workshops, family preservation services and translation and = interpretation=20 classes. Farouk Haddad, who opened Frank Coin Laundry and City Mail on = Seven=20 Mile in 1994 and plans to open a restaurant next year, said the creation = of a=20 lively avenue of shops and eateries would help increase business and = raise=20 property values.=20

"The ACC has been a very good neighbor for us and has = really=20 set a vision for where things can go," Haddad said. "I'm spending = $400,000 on=20 the new restaurant, so we are very positive about things. But we do need = more=20 businesses in the area so we can become a true destination where people = can have=20 fun." Hussein Siblini, who co-owns the New Yasmeen Bakery on Warren in = Dearborn,=20 said he would consider opening a second restaurant, deli and pastry shop = on=20 Seven Mile once renovation of the strip was under construction. "People = like to=20 walk in a safe, friendly atmosphere, and that's what we have in Dearborn = with=20 dozens of businesses lining Warren," Siblini said. "There are trees, = flowers,=20 benches for people to rest on, and people like to walk from shop to shop = and=20 peer in the windows.=20

"We've been getting offers to open in different = locations, and=20 we have long-term plans to expand, so Seven Mile is on our radar screen. = You=20 have to have the right surroundings and atmosphere, so if it can be = built, we=20 will come."=20

R.J. King =
Detroit News=20

PUMP UP THE = VOLUME

ENGLISH	MODERN = WESTERN=20 ASSYRIAN	GENDER
Old	a/tee/qo	Masculine
Renew	hu/do/to	Feminine

Suryoyo or Western Assyrian is primarily spoken = by the=20 Assyrian communities of Syria, Turkey, and their extended communities in = Diaspora- mainly in Europe. Both Suryoyo and Suraya (Surith or = Eastern=20 Assyrian) comprise the Modern Syriac Language often denoted as=20 neo-Aramaic.=20

BACK TO THE=20 FUTURE

BC (530)=20

The tomb of the Persian ruler in Pasargadae owes its=20 distinctive design to the stepped profile of the Sumerian ziggurats in = southern=20 Bet-Nahrain. A few decades earlier, the Assyrian artisans were = brought to=20 central Persia - after the Fall of Nineveh -- to help in the = construction of the=20 new Palaces of the Median and Achamenid rulers.=20

Mesopotamia and Iran in the Persian Period, = Curtis=20 (editor)

AD (1938)=20

Yousif Malik publishes =93Athra=93 newspaper in = several languages=20 in Beirut, Lebanon. Malik, an Assyrian-Chaldean activist, spend = much of=20 his lifetime promoting the Assyrian national movement until his death in = 1959.=20

From a biography written by = Fred Aprim=20 and posted on the Assyrian Forum: click=20 here=20

THIS WEEK IN=20 HISTORY

January 25, 1974 : dies, Malik Yacub Malik Ismail, at age = 80- a=20 national leader whose efforts breathed life into post-WWII Assyrian = National=20 Movement. Malik Yacub led the Assyrian armies during several = battles=20 between the two World Wars.=20

CALENDAR OF = EVENTS

Jan=20 28	ROME, = ITALY=20 MEMORIAL OF ST.=20 EPHREM Divine Liturgy in the Eastern Assyrian Rite = (Chaldean and=20 Malabarese) Basilica of St Cecilia in=20 Trastevere
Jan = 29	SYDNEY,=20 AUSTRALIA SUPAFLY @ Sydney=20 Harbour! Organized by the Youth Crew of the Assyrian = Australian=20 Academic Society=20 Come aboard the Southern Star, a new 20 metre = double deck=20 two room cruise liner =20 Entertainers: 2 DJs, featuring a DJ = Jewelz of DCM=20 Sydney Ticket includes dinner, = complimentary=20 wine/champagne at arrival and great give-a-ways. =20 Strictly 195 tickets will be sold = Departure address: - Commissioner's Steps, Circular = Quay=20 Arrival address: - Commissioner's Steps, = Circular=20 Quay Time: - 8pm 'till 1am = Ticket pricing: - $30 members/$35 non-members/$40 = Door=20 Ages: - Strictly 18+ event For=20 more information email = youthcrew@altavista.com
Feb = 19-20	SYDNEY,=20 AUSTRALIA TAAAS YOUTH=20 CONFERENCE Sponsored by the Assyrian Australian Academic=20 Society Members $120 and Non-members=20 $145 Beachcomber Pacific = Resort=20 Toukley NSW (90 minutes North of = Sydney) =20 The buses will depart at 7am on the 19th and = return at=20 4:45 pm on the 20th For more = information:=20 Ramsin Jajoo - 0414 838 = 410=20 Assyat David - 0419 469=20 076
May = 27	MODESTO,=20 CALIFORNIA FIRST=20 ASSYRIAN MIDI COMPOSERS CONFERENCE Double Tree = Hotel=20 2:00 PM-10:00 PM = PST=20 Organized by: Nineveh On = Line Click Here for more=20 information What is=20 MIDI? Click=20 Here

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