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T H I S   W E E = K   I=20 N   Z I N D=20 A
The=20 Lighthouse The Melbourne Protests
Good=20 Morning Bet-Nahrain Mar Bidawid Condemns US-British Bombings=20
Pope May Visit Iran
News=20 Digest Chaldean Association Builds $1.9 Million Banquet = Hall
Coptic Church Inaugurated in = Egypt=20
New Officers of the Assyrian Academic=20 Society
Surfs=20 Up! "until my life is extinguished"
Surfers=20 Corner Summer Syriac Institute 2001
Literatus Proud To Be Your=20 Friend
Bravo New York Governor Recognized Sano = Halo
Assyrian=20 Surfing Posts Learn Assyrian = Aramaic=20
Assyrian Youth = Organization of=20 Lebanon
Local Article=20 on Fr. Yusuf Abkulut's Trial
Pump=20 Up the Volume Beauty & Fit
Back=20 to the Future Tiglath-Pileser's March to Babylon & Mongols = in=20 Arbil
This=20 Week in History First School For Girls
Calendar=20 of Events Kha b'Neesan Party in San=20 Jose```````````````````````````````
Assyrian=20 Academic Society Lecture

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

THE=20 = LIGHTHOUSE

THE MELBOURNE = PROTESTS=20

It was Wednesday, 28th = February, 20001 and=20 most of the participants had never taken part in a protest (tagleetha) = before.=20 Yet here they were assembling outside the Turkish Consulate on Albert = Rd. in=20 South Melbourne, Australia=20

The first protesters had begun assembling at 11 am, = and they=20 waited for other Assyrians, from near and far to join their ranks, and = prepare=20 for the protest to come. They were here to protest the arrest of Father = Yusuf=20 Akbulut for affirming the Assyrian-Armenian and Greek Genocide of World = War=20 I.=20

A steady stream of Assyrians slowly assembled in the = park=20 opposite the Turkish Consulate, as the clock slowly approached 12pm. = Meanwhile,=20 the organisers were busy handing out placards and informing them of the=20 protest=92s guidelines.=20

Federal Australian police then arrived to oversee the = event,=20 and they talked to the organisers informing them of requests they had. = =93This is=20 a democratic country, and you are all free, to peacefully protest = outside the=20 consulate=94, a Federal police officer said calmly. Upon receiving word = of the=20 protest the Federal police had informed organisers that the Federal = government,=20 located in Canberra, was now fully aware of this protest as it had been = formally=20 registered and noted by them.=20

At 12pm the signal to start the protest was given as = the=20 organisers led the crowd across the road and in front of the Turkish = Consulate.=20 Then far in the distance Assyrian youth, who had =93skipped=94 school on = the day,=20 could be seen approaching the Consulate. Numbering approximately 15, = they=20 crossed the road holding a long banner that was held in front by around = 5=20 Assyrian youth. The homemade banner printed in bold letters, stated,=94 = TURKEY =96=20 FREE ASSYRIAN PRIEST=94.=20

Draped in Assyrian=20 T-shirts, Assyrian caps, and holding homemade Assyrian flags in the air, = they=20 approached and raised the morale of the initial protesters as they moved = in and=20 positioned themselves in front of the Consulate.=20

Having been informed of only a group of 30 to 40 = protesters,=20 the police quickly called in further State police for additional = support. The=20 total crowd of 80 strong protesters then began the peaceful = protest.=20

The Consulate having received word of the protest = adopted their=20 standard operating procedures and closed down the Consulate for the day, = sending=20 all workers home.=20

One of the protest=92s organisers, Brian Berro, then = picked up a=20 megaphone and began a prepared oratory that informed the assembled = protesters=20 and gave pause to nearby Australian onlookers.=20

=93We are here to protest, not against the Turkish = people, but=20 against the Turkish government and its policy of persecuting all those = that are=20 deemed to be different.=94 Whilst he talked many passing by were given a = pamphlet=20 detailing the plight of Father Yusuf Akbulut. The oratory was then = interrupted=20 by slogans as the emotion charged crowd yelled their demands to the = Consulate.=20 =93Turkey - Free Father Yusuf!=94 and =93Turkey - Recognise the Assyrian = Genocide!=94,=20 were the favourites on the day.=20

The protester's energy was self-evident as an = emotion-charged=20 atmosphere was projected by many of the Assyrian youth in attendance. = When asked=20 about his homemade flag, one of the protesters Sargon Warda made the = following=20 comment, =93I phoned a flag maker the other night, and asked him to make = me an=20 Assyrian flag. He said he only had the Syrian flag on his database. I = told him=20 that wasn't good enough, and hung up. So I decided to make my = own.=94=20

Many youth showed remarkable initiative and using = markers,=20 which they had brought, from home, they turned the prepared signs around = and=20 marked them with words such as, =93Honk for support=94. Being a busy = intersection=20 many passing motorists provided the crowd with the requested audible = support.=20 Having blocked the Turkish Embassy's entrances the youth peacefully = allowed all=20 people leaving the car park to leave provided they honked their horn for = support, and took a copy of a pamphlet detailing the Father Yusuf case. = Pulling=20 out some tape Assyrian youth then decided to leave their mark on the = Consulate=20 by sticking pamphlets all over the Consulate's walls, as bemused police = officers=20 looked on.=20

=93This is a peaceful, non-violent protest=94, was = the word the=20 organisers repeated to the waiting crowd. As an under-cover policeman = approached=20 the organisers, and introduced himself. He thanked the organisers for=20 controlling and guiding the peaceful protest, and requested further = information=20 regarding the Father Yusuf case. Printed news articles from=20 www.assyrian-genocide.org were then handed to him, as he showed a = genuine=20 interest in the case and requested further information.=20

Mr. Berro then=20 continued, =93Assyrians have been persecuted for simply being Assyrian, = speaking a=20 distinct language and being culturally and linguistically different.=94 = The crowd=20 listened on as Brian Berro requested that a Consular official approach = the=20 organisers and receive an official protest letter from Melbourne=92s = Assyrian=20 community. The Turkish Consular officials were nowhere to be seen, even = after=20 repeated attempts to have them greet the organisers. The protest = organisers then=20 approached the police officers guarding the entrance and gave them the=20 community's protest letter, who promised to hand it to the Turkish=20 Consulate.=20

After two and a half hours of protesting, one of the = protest=92s=20 key organisers, Mr. Brian Berro, then shouted the following words into = the=20 megaphone, explaining to all on-lookers the reason why the Assyrian = community of=20 Melbourne, had finally awoken and expressed themselves in such an = audible=20 manner. =93Our protest, here today, is to stand up for those who cannot = stand up=20 for themselves. Our protest, here today, is to speak for those who = cannot speak=20 for themselves. Our protest, here today, is to defend those who cannot = defend=20 themselves.=94=20

With these words the Assyrian protesters applauded = Mr. Berro,=20 who then thanked them for their attendance and dedication to this human = rights=20 cause. Then as quickly as they had come they departed, packing up their = banners=20 and folding their Assyrian flags, they left the Turkish Consulate and = returned=20 to their homes.=20

David Chibo
Australia=20
 
 =20
GOOD MORNING=20 = BET-NAHRAIN

NORTHERN = WATCH
Zinda News From Northern=20 Iraq
February=20

?:  An=20 article by Romeo Hakkari, head of the Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party, is = published=20 praising "Immortal Barzani, Assyrian people's constant=20 supporter."=20

22:  On the=20 invitation of the Chaldo-Assyrian Association in Paris, an = Assyrian-Chaldean=20 delegation will travel to France.=20

27:  Jalal=20 Talabani receives a delegation of the Assyrian Democratic = Movement.  He=20 strongly condemned the assassination of Franso = Hariri.=20

The head of Turkomaneli Party = receives an=20 Assyrian National Party delegation.=20

MAR BIDAWID CONDEMNS = US-BRITISH=20 BOMBINGS

(ZNDA:  Baghdad)  Last week, His Holiness = Mar Raphael=20 Bidawid, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, condemned the recent = bombings over Iraq on February 16 and 22.  Two people died and 20 = were=20 injured.   "There are no words left to condemn this use of = force=20 against the weak," he said.  "In the Second World War, the Allies = accused=20 the Nazis of using the law of force," he said. "However, what are the = United=20 States and Great Britain doing now against the Iraqi people? They talk = about=20 principles of humanity and human rights, but, where do they apply them? = They=20 must realize that we, Iraqis, also have the right to life and dignity. = The=20 Vatican, Italy, France and Russia have criticized the use of force; and = we, the=20 Baghdad Church, condemn these aggressive actions."=20

The bombing of Iraq does not help the Mideast peace = process,=20 Mar Bidawid said to the Vatican News Agency reporter.  "The = reaction=20 against the Americans and English is now affecting the whole Arab = world," he=20 said. "All the Arabs are becoming fedayeen [guerrillas], prepared to = exercise=20 violence against the United States and Great Britain, in their own=20 territories...The time has arrived to begin a dialogue that is sincere = in order=20 to reach a solution. Blood and violence call for more blood and more = violence.=20 Our people, more and more crushed, are increasingly against Americans = and=20 Englishmen. The more they are mistreated, the more President Saddam = Hussein is=20 exalted."  He concluded his remarks by stating:  "Think of the = common=20 good that peace could bring to all, to us and to you yourselves.  = If there=20 is no return to dialogue, the ghost of war is not improbable, and the = risk is=20 run of a new chaos."=20

In the meantime, the Chaldean Church in Iraq = continues to work=20 so that John Paul II can make a pilgrimage to Iraq.  The news was = confirmed=20 by Auxiliary Bishop Emmanuel Karim Delly, according to the Italian = newspaper=20 Avvenire.   Bishop Delly assists Patriarch Raphael I=20 Bidawid.=20

The Pope hoped to go on pilgrimage to Ur in southern = Iraq on=20 the eve of the Jubilee Year. However, Saddam Hussein notified the = Vatican that=20 his country could not guarantee the Pontiff's security, given the = constant=20 U.S.-British military flights controlling the no-fly zone, where = Abraham's=20 homeland is located.  Bishop Delly said, "When the Pontiff's wish = can be=20 realized, it will be a great occasion for us all, and the Pope will be = well=20 received by all the Iraqi people. We have done everything possible, both = here=20 and in the Vatican."

POPE MAY VISIT=20 IRAN

Courtesy of Zenit News Agency; March 2=20

(ZNDA:  Vatican)  Vatican spokesman Joaquin = Navarro-Valls announced Saturday that Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, = Vatican=20 secretary for relations with states, had arrived in Iran the same day to = meet=20 with the country's highest authorities and with the Catholic community = to look=20 into the possibility of a papal trip to Iran.  The visit is in = response to=20 "an invitation from governmental authorities and the local bishops' = conference,"=20 Navarro-Valls said. While in Iran, Archbishop Tauran will give a = conference at=20 the Iranian Diplomatic Institute.=20

The archbishop also will meet numerous Christian = communities=20 residing in Iran. Today, Archbishop Tauran offered Mass in St. Joan of = Arc (Jean=20 d'Arc) Church in Tehran.=20

Two years ago, John Paul II received Iranian = President Mohammad=20 Khatami, a moderate Muslim cleric, in the Vatican. The meeting was part = of a=20 first series of state visits of an Iranian leader to Western Europe = since the=20 1979 Islamic revolution.  President Khatami was accompanied by an = Assyrian=20 as his official Italian-Farsi translator.=20

In statements published by Associated Press, = Navarro-Valls=20 explained that Archbishop Tauran's visit is also to explore the = possibility of a=20 papal visit to the country. This nation of 65 million people has only = about=20 120,000 Christians, including 12,000 Catholics.=20

*******

The following is the text of the report by Iranian News Agency IRNA,=20 translated from Farsi:=20

(ZNDA:  Esfehan)  6=20 March:   Visiting Vatican Foreign Minister Jean Louis Tauran = arrived=20 in this central Iranian city Tuesday [6 March] for a short=20 visit. =

Upon arrival, he was greeted by = several=20 provincial top officials as well as Armenian bishops.=20

He will tour monuments in = Esfahan,=20 especially Vank Church, and meet Armenians residing in Esfahan. He will = [leave]=20 Esfahan Tuesday night.=20

Iran is more than 99 per cent = Muslim, with=20 Shi'ism the state's official religion. Iran has up to a quarter of a = million=20 Christians, but relatively few Catholics, most of whom are of Armenian = origin.=20 The majority of Christians are Chaldean, Assyrian or=20 Protestant.=20

Tauran arrived in Tehran early = Sunday for a=20 four-day visit, the first by a top-ranking Catholic Church diplomat = since the=20 1979 Islamic revolution, the papal nunciature said.=20

On Monday, he met with Iranian = President=20 Mohammad Khatami and urged Christian Iranians to stay on the national = scene in=20 Iran as well as maintain dialogue with the country's ruling Shi'i Muslim = elite=20 in the interest of their continuing peaceful coexistence with their = Muslim=20 fellow countrymen.=20

Tauran noted an improvement in = relations=20 between Iran and the Vatican in recent years that culminated in Iranian=20 President Mohammad Khatami's meeting with Pope John Paul II in 1999 = while on a=20 visit to Rome.=20
NEWS=20 DIGEST

CHALDEAN AMERICAN = ASSOCIATION BUILDS=20 $1.9 MILLION BANQUET HALL

Courtesy of the The San Diego=20 Union-Tribune; March 1=20

(ZNDA:  El Cajon)  = Architect=20 Michael Sitto sees El Cajon's new banquet hall as a proud tribute to the = area's=20 large Chaldean-American community.=20

Touches of Mediterranean = architecture and=20 Chaldean culture are everywhere in the Crystal Ballroom, from the = columns=20 gracing the entryway to the eight-point stars embedded in the ceiling=20 glasswork.=20

While giving a tour of the=20 8,000-square-foot facility, Sitto pointed out the curved doorways at the = entrance.=20

"These are a tradition of our = culture in=20 the Middle East," he said.=20

The former bank building on = North Magnolia=20 Avenue was purchased by the Chaldean American Association in 1999. The = group=20 spent about $1.9 million to renovate and furnish the banquet hall, which = officially opens to the public March 15.=20

Sitto said some members of the = association=20 were concerned about buying a building just a few blocks from El Cajon's = troubled downtown. But he thinks that by having a lot of people in the = area,=20 there will be increased safety.=20

El Cajon Mayor Mark Lewis is = glad the=20 association was willing to open the ballroom near the city's=20 downtown.=20

"They took a chance in = investing their=20 money in regards to developing a premier social hall," Lewis said. "It = shows=20 their faith in downtown that they're willing to put their money into = what they=20 believe in."=20

The ballroom, with a capacity = of more than=20 500 people, is available for rent to the public. It features two stages, = two=20 bars and two elevated platforms where video photographers can record an = event=20 unobtrusively.=20

The association, which has = about 450=20 members, had been meeting in a large hall behind an auto-parts=20 store. =

Those quarters, which have been = sold, were=20 far less elegant than the Crystal Ballroom, where the dance floor is = marble and=20 300,000 pieces of glass make up the ceiling patterns around each=20 chandelier.=20

Rooms on the second floor of = the new hall=20 will hold about 200 people, so that association members can get together = on=20 nights that the ballroom is being rented. A restaurant on the first = floor will=20 serve Middle Eastern food.=20


COPTIC CHURCH INAUGURATED IN = EGYPT, =20 WALL PAINTINGS RETOUCHED

Courtesy of ArabicNews; March 1=20

(ZNDA: Cairo)  This week = the Red Sea's=20 13th Century Anba Antonius Church in Egypt will be inaugurated after = three years=20 of repair work.  Egypt's Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, has = delegated=20 Gaballah Ali Gaballab, Secretary General of the Supreme Antiquities = Council, to=20 unveil the resurrected paintings on the wall of the = church.=20

The inauguration ceremony will = be attended=20 by Minister of the Environment Nadia Makram Ebeid, the Red Sea Governor, = U.S.=20 Ambassador to Egypt, Deniel Kurtzer; Abbot Anba Boutros; and Willard = Pearson,=20 Director of the U.S. Gaballah.   The repair work on the = wall-paintings=20 were undertaken by an Italian group under the supervision of the Council = and the=20 US Research Center in Cairo. The paintings are the work of Coptic = artists=20 between the early and late 13th Century. Thick layers of dust had = accumulated=20 over the ages, almost totally obliterating the original colors of the = wall=20 paintings as a result of using the church as a refuge for Copts fleeing=20 persecution.

THE NEW OFFICERS OF THE = ASSYRIAN=20 ACADEMIC SOCIETY

The following individuals were elected last week as = the new=20 officers of the Assyrian Academic Society:=20

President:         = ;            =         =20 Robert Mulhim
Vice=20 President:          &nb= sp;           =20 Firas Jatou
Secretary:         = ;            =        =20 Tanya Zaya
Treasurer:         = ;            =        =20 Maureen Antar=20

Standing Committee Chairs:=20

Ways and=20 Means:           &= nbsp;     =20 Yokhana Alkass
Public=20 Programs:          &nbs= p;        =20 John Michael
Membership:        &nbs= p;            = ;   =20 Nadia E. Joseph
Publications:        &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;    =20 Robert DeKelaita=20

JAAS Editorial Board=20

Editor:         &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           =20 Nadia E. Joseph
English Language=20 Editor:        Edwin Gania =
Assyrian Language Editors:     Zaia Kanon = and Oraham=20 Yalda Oraham
Technical=20 Editor:           =        =20 Raman Michael
Assyrian Lang. Tech = Editor:  =20 Namrood Shiba
Arabic Language=20 Editor:         Saad = Saadi=20

JAAS Advisory Committee=20

          &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;        =20 Robert Dekelaita
          &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;        =20 Abdul-Massih Saadi


 
 
 
 =20
SURF'S=20 UP!

=93I am=20 very happy to be able to contact you, and moreover of being able to = inform the=20 readers of the Zinda of the crisis and the socio-economic conditions = that=20 brutally dominate this poor country.=20

The Georgians are not alone as there are also = Assyrians=20 suffering in these same conditions.  But we forget perhaps that = such a=20 change, incarnated in the history of the people, and for the good of all = and all=20 in the future, is brought about by the powerful and the rich sovereigns = upon the=20 poor and overwhelmed classes.=20

In Georgia it is the domination of one political = oppressors,=20 depriving the miserables. The rights of the man often come in all = shapes. This=20 fact naturally becomes greater for the ethnic minorities, the people of = little=20 or no concern.  It is now for six years that with difficulty, but = pleasure=20 our people have been served in this community.  They are living = witnesses=20 of the many economic, social, religious events that occur every = day.=20

I mean to say that the so-called "countries of the = first=20 world", continually send the humanitarian aids like medicine and the = provisions=20 to Georgia.  But the lack of an educated group- morality, religion, = and=20 political power- is currently dominant in this country.  It does = not leave=20 a breath for the poor who is often abandoned.  Unfortunately there = is also=20 trafficking of these humanitarian aides for one's profit as they are = sold with=20 the highest prices in the black market, controlled by the = Mafia.   The=20 weak people do not have simple kind of living, food, a warm bed, a warm = house, a=20 school, a secure job.  They lack everything.  They die due to = the lack=20 of the basic material of one simplest life.  They die because of = hunger (as=20 we are only standing at door of the 21st Century), because of the cold, = the=20 basic stuff like influenza, pulmonary bronchitis, and skin infections. = These=20 ailments can easily be cured in the more advanced countries.=20

But in Georgia humans are not of importance, no = different than=20 it was in the previous communist dictatorial regime.  In fact in = those=20 times people were used for the needs of the super Soviet power. And = today they=20 continue to be taken advantage of for the good of the rich, the = powerful,=20 the  Mafia, and the corrupted ones.=20

I denounce this suffering, in defense of the poor and = the=20 overwhelmed ones.  I denounce the luxuries, as it destroys the = values of=20 the mankind.  I denounce the political power that lead the people. = I=20 denounce the indifference by the worthy men of freedom, of confession. I = denounce the lack of the solidarity with the poor ones, of the friends = of the=20 Gentlemen.=20

Perhaps beloved friends, someone may think and = say: =20 "Benny is a clergyman and he must not involve himself in = politics?"  I=20 answer that my mission in life is that I am and I must be consumed by = the=20 proclamation of the reign of the just, the merciful ones, for justice = and the=20 dominion of the One to reign over darkness. Therefore, they are = afraid of=20 my mission and my creed and I will sacrifice my life for the defense of = the poor=20 ones and the defense of their rights, and I will not calm myself until = my life=20 is extinguished.  I say this because I believe in this. This is not = an=20 honor for me, but a duty.  Everyone of us can guarantee the peace = and the=20 justice for the future of our people and all the people. May God bless=20 us!=94 =

"Benny"
Georgia=20

Father Benny Bethyadgar is a Chaldean Catholic = priest=20 serving the Assyrian communities in Georgia.
To=20 learn more about Father Benny and his mission click = here.=20
SURFERS=20 CORNER

SUMMER SYRIAC INSTITUTE=20 2001

Session I:    June 19 - July 6=20

Introduction to Syriac Grammar
M T W H=20 F, 9:00-11:10  (3 credits)
Instructor: =20 Joseph Amar=20

This is an entry level course that presumes no = knowledge of=20 Syriac. Daily lessons are based on Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in = Syriac=20 Grammar supplemented by a specially prepared course packet.=20

Intermediate Syriac Reading
M T W H F,=20 12:20-2:30 (3 credits)
Instructor:  = Joseph=20 Amar=20

This is a new offering designed as a "refresher = course."=20 Emphasis will be on reading a variety of prose and poetic texts drawn = mainly=20 from the writings of St. Ephrem as the basis for review of grammar and = basic=20 structures.=20

Session II:    July 9 - July 27 =

Introduction to Syriac Reading
M T W H=20 F, 9:00 - 11:10 (3 credits)
Instructor:  = Joseph=20 Amar=20

This course applies the basic principles of grammar = and syntax=20 to actual Syriac texts.=20

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ASSYRIAN SURFING=20 POSTS

Learn Assyrian = Aramaic=20

Assyrian Youth = Organization of=20 Lebanon=20

Local Article = on Fr.=20 Yusuf Abkulut's Trial

PROUD TO BE YOUR = FRIEND=20


Fridun=20 Nazaradeh



I always intended to become an engineer but a few = years before=20 the end of college, I thought a lot about the job my father did, he is a = physician (gynecologist), too.=20

I thought, let's try this first. Maybe it's more = interesting=20 than engineering.=20

So, when I finished high school and college in 1992, = I first=20 started studying at the Medical School of the university of Dusseldorf = which is=20 located 30 miles from Bottrop.=20

But, Medical School itself didn't quite satisfy me as = it was=20 too much learning by heart and too little using your brain. I needed = something=20 where I could be more creative and where I had to use my brain a little = more=20 than in medicine which actually was nothing more than stupid learning by = heart.=20

As my first wish was to become an engineer, I decided = to quit=20 Medical School and start my career in end of 1993 at the School of = Electrical=20 Engineering and Electronics at the university of Dortmund which also is = located=20 about 30 miles from Bottrop.=20

When the time for signing up started at Dortmund = (September=20 1993), I couldn't stop Medical School as I did quite fine there and I = also had=20 passed some of my exams. Even the guys who really wanted to become a = physician=20 didn't pass the exams that I had passed so far.=20

And so I said, ok, let's try both Medical School and=20 Electronics Engineering and let's see how far I can push this.=20

If I should fail or if should no longer be able to = keep up with=20 both, I will quit my Medical School at Dusseldorf.=20

Well, the end of the story is that I was 27 years = old, when I=20 finished Medical School in May 2000 and the School of Engineering in = June 2000.=20 I needed one more year than the average time that is needed to finish = Medical=20 School (usually 6 and a half years, I needed 7 and a half). Now I'm a = physician=20 and an engineer for electronics and computer science as well. Right now, = I am=20 working as a medical engineer for Nokia Mobile Phones in Germany. =

Here, we are developing tools to assist people with = e.g. heart=20 diseases or diabetes that make possible a monitoring of certain blood or = heart=20 values and sending them via a cellular phone to a hospital or their=20 physicians.=20

But this actually is only a job for an engineer and I = miss the=20 hospital quite a lot.=20

So, I decided to return back to university. In May = 2001, I will=20 start a new challenging job at the medical center of the university of = Essen. I=20 will start at the department for radiology as both physician and = engineer. From=20 7 am till 3 pm I will work as a doctor there and do my job as a = radiologist.=20 From 3 pm till 6 (7, 8 ?) pm, they want me to work as engineer in the = research=20 and development branch of the department of radiology. The main item is = about=20 image enhancements of MRTs (Magnetic Resonance Tomographs) and CTs = (common=20 Computer Tomographs using x-rays). This job is a hand-in-hand = cooperation with=20 Siemens Medical Systems and General Electric.=20

They are giving us the projects and problems to = solve. I think=20 that this is rather the perfect symbiosis of my two studies than only = working as=20 an engineer. A lot of people forecasted my early failure. They said, I = would=20 never make it to finish both schools. If I had listened to them, I = probably=20 would never have finished both.=20

The thing is to listen to yourself and (I know this = is very=20 often said and is sort of a worn out empty phrase but...) believe in = yourself=20 and you will make it. Discipline is very important, too, as you have to = sit and=20 learn quite a lot.=20

But nevertheless, I never neglected my friends and = family=20 because of my courses of studies. I always knew when to stop learning = and when=20 to have fun and enjoy life.=20

Dr. Yousef Nazaradeh is the father of Fridun and = Denis=20 Nazaradeh and is a gynecologist in Germany. Even though he lived in = Germany for=20 many years and married Hulya in Germany, he was always a proud Assyrian, = and=20 always helped many Assyrians in many ways that they needed.  Dr. = Yousef=20 Nazaradeh taught his sons to be proud Assyrians. Well done Hulya and Dr. = Nazaradeh to raise such fine sons. I am so proud to be your = friend.=20

Marie St. Vincent =
Germany=20

LITERATUS

NEW YORK GOVERNOR HONORS = SUBJECT OF "NOT=20 EVEN MY NAME"

The following is a press release from the = office of Mr.=20 George Pataki, Governor of the State of New York who has chosen Ms. Thea = Halo's=20 mother, Sano Halo, as one of the recipients of this year's Award of = Excellence=20 in honor of Women's History Month, "Celebrating Women of Courage and=20 Vision."  Thea Halo is the author of "Not=20 Even My Name", the story of her mother's survival of the 1915 = Genocide=20 committed by the Turkish government against the Assyrians, Armenians, = and the=20 Greeks in Turkey.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE=20 CHAMBER
GEORGE E. PATAKI, GOVERNOR=20

Press Office
518-474-8418=20
212-681-4640
http://www.state.ny.us=20

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE=20

Governor's Award of Excellence To Be Given =
During Women's History Month Celebration=20

Governor George E. Pataki announced today that one of = the six=20 recipients of his 2001 Women's History Month "Award of Excellence" is a=20 90-year-old woman who is the subject of a memoir detailing the tragedy = of the=20 Pontian Genocide. The awards are scheduled to be given during an = upcoming=20 Women's History Month Celebration at which 100 distinguished women will = be=20 present.=20

Sano "Themia" Halo, whose life was documented by her = daughter=20 Thea Halo in the book "Not Even My Name," will be present to receive the = award.=20 At the age of 10, Mrs. Halo and 700,000 Pontic Greeks, who lived in = communities=20 along northern Turkey near the Black Sea for three millennia, endured=20 immeasurable cruelty during a Turkish Government-sanctioned campaign to = displace=20 them. An estimated 300,000 Pontic Greeks died while being forcibly = marched=20 without provisions across the Anatolian plains to the Syrian border. The = estimated 400,000 who survived were exiled from Turkey and today they = and their=20 descendants live throughout the Greek diaspora. For example, as many as = 40,000=20 Pontic Greeks live among the many more Greeks in Astoria, Queens = County.=20

Most people of good will are familiar with the = Armenian=20 Genocide of 1915-23, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 = million=20 Armenians by forces of the Turkish Government. The details of Mrs. = Halo's life=20 in her daughter's book, however, add to our growing knowledge of the = Pontian=20 Genocide, which occurred concurrently. "Not Even My Name" is one of the = few=20 English-language accounts of the Pontian Genocide and it is among the = most=20 thorough. Thus, Mrs. Halo's story of survival and resettlement in New = York City=20 adds greatly to our understanding of the Pontian Genocide and its = effects on=20 immigration.=20

"The Turkish perpetrators of genocide in Asia Minor = were=20 notably brutal when executing their campaign to displace Greeks, = Armenians and=20 Assyrians from their ancestral lands. Sano's touching story of = perseverance,=20 triumph and healing serves as an inspiration for all who face adversity, = and=20 makes an important contribution to the treasury of works that clarify = our=20 understanding of this dark chapter in history," said Governor = Pataki.=20

The month of March is traditionally observed as = Women's History=20 Month throughout the Nation. This year's theme, "Celebrating Women of = Courage=20 and Vision," underscores the wealth of character and strength found = among=20 American women of all occupations and at all levels of society. Under = Governor=20 Pataki's leadership, part of the State of New York's own celebration of = Women's=20 History Month includes the holding of an annual ceremony at which the=20 achievements of women like Mrs. Halo are recognized.=20

Over 100 award recipients, former award recipients = and their=20 guests are expected. This year's ceremony will take place on Thursday, = March 8th=20 at 2:30 p.m. in the Governor's New York City Office, located at 633 = Third=20 Avenue, 38th Floor.=20

The Governor's ceremony is by-invitation-only. All = media must=20 R.S.V.P. with Anthoula Katsimatides at (212) 681-4569 or James V. Barcia = at=20 (212) 681-4573.
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BACK TO THE=20 FUTURE

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A rebellion breaks out in Babylon when King = Nabonassar=20 dies.  King Tiglath-Pileser attempts to quiet the people, but = fails. =20 He assembles an army and marches south and enters Babylon in = triumph.  He=20 declares himself King of Babylon.


AD (1310)=20

Mongolian army attacks and captures the Assyrian city = of Arbil,=20 killing many and taking the survivors as slaves.
 =20
THIS WEEK IN=20 = HISTORY

March 5, 1817:  First Assyrian School for Girls is founded in = Urmie with=20 four registered students.
 =20
CALENDAR OF=20 = EVENTS

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Sat,=20
Mar = 17
CHICAGO=20
DINNER & DANCE PARTY

The Assyrian Academic Society invites you to = attend a=20 dinner and dance party in honor of the newly elected Executive = Officers.=20 Bring your family and friends and dance the night away!=20

Entertainment by Ogin
7:00=20 PM
Ticket Price: $30.00 =
Edens Banquet Hall
6313 N. = Pulaski=20 Rd.=20

Limited seating- call now to reserve your = tickets: (773)=20 461-6633=20

AAS Email: staff@aas.net

Sat,=20
Mar = 24
SAN JOSE / SANTA=20 CLARA
KHA B'NEESAN=20 PARTY

Assyrian American Association of San Jose = presents=20
Kha b'Neesan Dinner Dance Party with Walter = Aziz=20

David's Banquet
5151 = Stars and=20 Stripes Drive
Santa Clara =
$45 member  $50 non-member=20

Tickets sold every Tuesday and Thursday =
From 8-10 p.m. at AAA of San Jose
For=20 information please call:  (408)927-8100 or=20 (408)927-9100

Sun,=20
Mar = 25
CHICAGO=20
ASSYRIAN ACADEMIC SOCIETY LECTURE

The Assyrian Academic Society in conjunction = with the=20 Syriac Cultural Center proudly host a lecture entitled:=20

"History of the Syriac Church and its = People"=20
Lecturer:   Father=20 Yousif Abdhulmasih
Pastor of St. = Mary Virgin=20 Immaculate
Syriac Catholic = Mission=20

5:00 PM
Assyrian = National=20 Council
2450 W. Peterson=20

For more information, call AAS at: (773) = 461-6633=20
or E-mail: staff@aas.net

Sun,=20
Mar = 25
SYDNEY=20
GILGAMESH CULTURAL CENTRE LECTURE=20 NIGHT

"The Aramaic Language, its origin and = history"=20
Miss Ruth Lewin, Univesity of Sydney=20

"Father Abraham, Isaac and Ismail" =
*Rabbi Woolstone=20

6:00 PM
Nineveh = Club=20
Smithfield Rd=20

For more info contact Alfred Mansour at =
(00612) 9832-9888 or Mobile = 0410461755.

Sat,=20
Mar = 31
TORONTO=20
AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY PANEL=20 DISCUSSION

"Writing Syriac:  From Stone to = Bytes"=20
Chair:  Prof. Amir Harrak, University of=20 Toronto =20

1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. =20

1.  Marica Cassis, University of=20 Toronto 
The bema in the West = and East=20 Syriac Churches =20

2. Amir Harrak, University of = Toronto =20
Patriarchal Tombstones at the Monastery of = Rabban=20 Hormizd: Types and Origins=20

3. Wolfhart Heinrichs, Harvard = University =20
Turkish Karshuni =20

(Break) =20

4. George Kiraz, Syriac Computing = Institute =20
From Parchment to Open Type: The = Development of=20 Syriac Digital Types =20

5. Wassilios Klein, Bonn = University =20
Writing Syriac and Speaking Turkic in Light = of=20 Central Asian Tombstone Inscriptions =20

6. Eden Naby, Harvard University =20
The Cultural Context for Writing Syriac = During the=20 19th and 20th Centuries=20

Panel to be held at the 211th Meeting of the = American=20 Oriental Society
Toronto Colony = Hotel=20
89 Chestnut Street

Thurs,=20
Mar = 29
TORONTO=20
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR SYRIAC STUDIES=20 LECTURE

"Syriac Heritage at the Northern Silk Road: The = Archaological & Epigraphic Evidence of Christianity in=20 Kirghizia"
by Dr. Vassilios Klein, Bonn = University
8:00 PM
Auditorium, Earth Sciences Centre, Room 1050 =
5 Bancroft Avenue
University = of Toronto,=20 St. George Campus=20

Since the 1890s Kirghizia has attracted the attention of = scholars in=20 the field of Syriac epigraphy, when Daniel Chwolson published = about 600=20 Syriac funerary inscriptions found there.  The discovery of = these=20 inscriptions came as a surprise since there was little literary = evidence=20 that Christianity had played any important role in the lands = located to=20 the north of the Tianshan Mountains.  In recent years = archaeological=20 excavations in the Middle Age capital revealed a church with three = naves=20 and the grave of a holy man.  Taking into consideration these = excavations, the other religions coexisting with Christianity in = Central=20 Asia, and the political history of that region at that time, we = shall=20 describe the role played by East Syriac (so called Nestorian)=20 Christianity  and the Syriac language in the daily life of = the=20 Sogdian and Turkish people.

Sun,=20
Apr = 1 
FAIRFIELD,=20 AUSTRALIA
AKITU ASSYRIAN=20 FESTIVAL

Organized by a network of Assyrian youth, the = Assyrian=20 community and the wider Australian multi-cultural community =

AKITU ASSYRIAN NEW YEAR 6751
Fairfield Showground 
Smithfield=20 Road=20

9:00 AM 
Parade = 12:00=20 PM =20

Games, rides, shows, drama, & = Fireworks=20
Information and international food = booths=20
Assyrian and English musical bands and DJ = music.=20

For more info:  Nina @ 0416041432 or=20 toomani@cba.com.au
          &nb= sp;           =20 Maji @ 0404124930

Until =
May = 6
DETROIT=20
TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR
Objects from one of = the most=20 important archaeological finds=20

The = Detroit=20 Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward = Avenue=20

Adults $8, Children $5:  includes audio = tour and=20 museum admission

May = 24
KALU SULAQA = :  Bride of=20 the Ascension Festival

This year marks the 600th = anniversary=20 of the remembrance of the men and women who died in 1401 A.D. when = Timurlane attacked the Assyrian villages near Nineveh.  Each = year=20 children dress-up as brides and grooms and go to homes in the = neighborhood=20 to collect sweets.=20

Nakosha = "Assyrian=20 Holidays" Calendar
M-F,=20
Jul = 2-6
FINLAND=20
XLVIIe RENCONTRE ASSYRIOLOGIQUE=20 INTERNATIONALE

International Congress of Assyriology and Near = Eastern=20 Archaeology 
"Sex and Gender in = the Ancient=20 Near East"
University of = Helsinki=20

Registration Form:  clickhere

Jul = 22 
NOOSARDEL

A festival celebrating = the descent of=20 the god Tammuz to the Underworld and the end of spring in=20 Bet-Nahrain.  It is customary to sprinkle water on friends = and family=20 members, wishing for Tammuz' safe return to his beloved=20 Ishtar.

Aug = 7
MARTYRS=20 DAY

A day to commemorate the = Assyrian=20 martyrs throughout=20 history.


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 Thank=20 You!

        Jacklin = Bejan=20 (California)......Nadia Joseph (Chicago)......


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