DARE TO DREAM

Visualize a city with streets bearing the
Assyrian names of the ancient gods of Sumer.
Imagine the multi-level shopping centers,
government building, schools and universities,
cathedrals, hospitals, factories and companies
employing hundreds of thousands of Assyrian men
and women.  Listen to all the beautiful Assyrian
dialects spoken at every street corner, in
every taxi cab, and all the movie theaters.
The bookstores sell Assyrian translations of
Shakespear's Tragedies, The Wall Street Journal's
The Middle Eastern Common Market's Daily Report,
and Marx's Communist Manifesto.  Now imagine
yourself comfortably sitting at the bank of the
Tigris River, reading another page of William
Daniel's Qatineh Gabarra.  You are now thinking
of a few years back when the silent revolution
began in the bedrooms and the home offices of
the Assyrians thousands of miles away:  in Chicago,
Toronto, San Jose, Frankfurt, Tehran and Zakho...
and all along the only thing that could separate you
then from now was the courage to dream.
 

W E L C O M E   T O   Z E N D A
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[CORPORATE ACCOUNTS]

Quantum Corp

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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne

[INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS]

Chicago, Illinois
Sidney, Australia

S U R F S  U P !
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"Well, it's about time...I was beginning to
think that Zenda was jus ta figment of my
imagination.  Like it was too good to be
true or something.  Thank God it is back.  I
was beginning not to even log on to AOL
anymore to see my messages...you know what?
I was reading an article from Zenda and it
finally resolved an old argument that I had
with a Persian friend of mine.  You see, he
was claiming that Andre Aghassi was Persian
and I kept saying "you're crazy."  So finally
in Zenda I have proof.  Thanks."

                         -Los Angeles, CA

"Three cheers for the three Assyrian women
delegates to China.  Way to go KHAMATE'd
Atour!"
                         -Turlock, CA

"How about spending some time editng this
newsletter.  I mean really editing... I'm
sick of all these dumb grammatical errors
I find in every Assyrian article I read."

                         -Modesto, CA

"Please add me to the ZENDA e-mail list.
I utterly enjoy ZENDA,  especially the
"PUMP UP THE VOLUME" section.  Keep up the
good work."
                   -Henry Joseph, Chicago

 
N E W S    D I G E S T
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ZOWAA REPRESENTATIVES VISIT IN N. CALIF
 

ZN (San Jose)  A political rally in San Jose
will be held on Friday, September 29, at the
Awana Hall of the Church of the East (680
Minnesota Ave).  On Saturday, September 30,
a dinner reception will honor Mr. Ninus
Batyo, General Secretary of the Assyrian
Democratic Movement and Mr. Salem Toma Kako,
Director of the Ministry of Housing and
Public Works in Northern Iraq.  The delegation
will report on their recent meetings in
Washington D.C. and the current condition
of the Assyrians in northern Bet-Nahrain.
Misters Batyo and Kako attended the Assyrian
National Convention in Chicago as the guests
of honor of the Assyrian American National
Federation.  For more general and ticket
information contact Banipal Babella at
(408) 227-7441.
 

MARTYRS DAY COMMEMORATION IN CANADA
 

ZN (Toronto)  The Assyrian Canadian
National Federation held a rally, on
August 7, to commemorate the Assyrian Martyrs
Day.  The event was held at Barton Stone
United in the city of Hamilton.  The list
of speakers included Archdeacon Ewan Ochanna
of the Church of the East, the ACNF president,
Mr. Mirza Shmoil, and representatives of
the participating Assyrian political parties.
 

ASSYRIAN ACADEMIC SOCIETY IN AUSTRALIA
 

ZN (Sidney)  The Assyrian Australian Academic
Society, incorporated in November 1994, has
elected a new central committee.  The elections
were held on May 19.  The purpose of the society
is to promote higher education among the
Assyrian communities in Australia with a
commitment to the preservation of the Assyrian
heritage and culture.  The September issue of
PURELY ACADEMIC, the official publication of
this organization, includes a short biography
of each Central Committee officer and a
detailed review of the society's activities.
Inquiries may be submitted to TAAAS:
P.O. Box 144W
Fairfield West, NSW  2165   Australia
 

KING HUSSEIN PLEAS FOR CHANGE IN IRAQ
 

WS (New York)  Malek Hussein of Jordan made
an impassioned plea for the people of Iraq
to unite to restore democracy in their country.
The Hashemite monarch said that Iraqis "have
been imprisoned for years" by an embargo
and have been denied "democracy, pluralism
and human rights."  It is estimated that
nearly 20,000 Assyrians have fled Iraq
since the Gulf War and have seeked asylum
in Jordan.
 

POETRY OF NINOS NIRARI ON CASSETTE TAPE
 

NQ (Chicago)  Ninos Nirari, an Assyrian Poet
and author, has recently released an audio
recording of his poemm.  This cassette tape
is entitled Egarta l'1933 (A Letter to 1933).
Mr. Nirari is also known in the literary
circle for his biography of General Agha
Petros de Baz.  To order contact Mr. Nirari
at (312) 761-8215.
 

ASSYRIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS VIA INTERNET
 

ZN (Hollister)  In the near future, eBabylon
and Zenda will introduce a new WWW page on the
internet designed to teach the modern Assyrian
language.  The purpose of this project is to
provide a convenient method of teaching to all
interested in learning the Assyrian language.
Anyone interested in collaborating with this
project is encouraged to contact either Zenda
or eBabylon.  More information will be provided
in the future issues of Zenda.
 

A SERMON ON THE ROLE OF ASSYRIANS IN THE BIBLE
 

ZN (San Jose)  An audio recording of a sermon
delivered by Rev. Fereidoun Es-Haq of the Bet-Eil
Assyrian Ministry in San Jose is now available
and distributed free of charge. Rev. Fereidioun
reviews the references made to the role of the
Assyrians in the ancient biblical times.  Rev.
Es-Haq also points out the prophecies and
"promises" made to the Assyrian nation in the
"days to come."  For more information about
this audio tape and the activities of the
Ministry write to P.O. Box 54184, San Jose, CA
95154  USA.  The tape is entitled "the Role of
the Assyrians in the Bible."
 

A L L    J O K E S    A S I D E
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as was included in our last issue?  Let us
know what you think.

D I R E C T O R Y  OF THE  N E W S  S O U R C E S
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AA (AAA of San Jose Newsletter)
AP (Associate Press)
EB (e.Babylon BBS):     1-209-668-1827
        Hollister, California
JS (Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society):  Chicago
        P.O. Box 4102   Des Plaines, Illinois 60016-4102
NQ (Nebu Quarterly):
        P.O. Box 59422, Chicago  Illinois  60659
RU (Reuters)
WS (The Wall Street Journal)
ZN (Zenda Reporters):   zenda@ix.netcom.com
        Toronto, Germany, Chicago, San Jose

              C A L E N D A R    OF      E V E N T S
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Sept 8-Dec 31   "Nineveh  612 BC:    A Public Exhibition of
                Assyrian Art and Artifacts"
                Finnish Science Center, Heureha
                (northern part of the Helsinki metrop. area)
 

Sept 29 & 30    Assyrian Political Rally
                San Jose:  Awana of the Chruch of the East
 

                Dinner Reception honoring Zowaa delegation
                San Jose:  Le Baron Hotel
                Donation:  $ 75.00
 

Sept 30-Oct 2   Third Annual National Convention
                Assyrian Australian National Federation
 
 

Oct 1-Feb 4    Exhibition:  Assyrian Art & History
                       (currently at the New York Metropolitan Mus)
                      Kimball  Art  Museum
                      Fort Worth, Texas
                      (817) 332-8451
 

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June 9-11       The ARAM Conference
                       Harvard University
                       Cambridge, Massachusetts  U.S.
 

ENTERTAINMENT
 
 

MEETINGS
 

 Thursdays     Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at
                      Modesto Junior College
                      1:00 pm,  Founders Hall 125.
 

CLASSES
 

Mondays        Assyrian History Class
                      8000-500 B.C
                      BETA:  AAA of  San Jose
                      8:00-9:30 pm
                      Instructor:  Wilfred Alkhas
 

A S S Y R I A N     S U R F I N G     P O S T S
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Ancient Mesopotamia
        http://sipparorinst.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZ
U/ABZU_REGINDX_MESO.HTML
 

Assyria On-Line
        http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~jatou/./
 

Assyrian Youth Association of Sweden
        http://www.cs.umu.se/~dprhi/assyr/assyr.html
 

Corpus Neo Assyrian Project:  Helsinki, Finland
        http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/cna.html
 

e.BABYLON
        http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/babylon.htm
 

Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society
        http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/jaas.htm
 

"Newsgroup"     soc.culture.assyrian
 

Syriac Comp Inst
        http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/gk105/syrcom/
 

P U M P  U P  T H E  V O L U M E
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ENGLISH         ASSYRIAN PRONUNCIATION with Examples
 

Bat             "prakh-dooda"
Butterfly       "perperoo"; "parkha-leli = 'moth'"
Nonsense        "larsoota"
 
 
 

B A C K  TO THE  F U T U R E
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B.C.    (470) According to the Greek Historian,
Herodotus, Assyrians were employed in the army
of the Persian King Xerxes (150 years after the
Fall of Nineveh).  They were equpped "with
bronze helmets made in a complicated outlandish
way which is hard to describe, shields , spears,
daggers, wooden clubs studded with iron, and linen
corslets.
 

A.D.    (1910) Murshid d'Atour (The Guide of Assyria)
is published by Ashur Yousip (1858-1915) in Kharput.
Ashur is considered the founder of Western Assyrian
Journalism and was killed duing the 1915 massacres of
the Assyrians.
 

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
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Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals:
 

Albert Gabrial          Hollister, California
Pauline Jasim           Chicago, Illinois
Ramin Daniel            San Jose, California
Chris BarAbrahim        Munich, Germany
Admond Shlimon          Sidney, Australia

Our Next Issue Is Due on October 9, 1995.

                   &
Best wishes for a successful Assyrian National
Covention in Sidney, Australia.