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THE L I G H
T H O U S E
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[In 1973 Dr. David Perley was awarded
the "Star of
Ashur" by the Assyrian Universal
Alliance Congress
in Yonkers, New York. The
following was the
concluding remark of his speech.]
IS A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE
ASSYRIANS POSSIBLE?
"Don Quixote sang in joy that his
only guiding star
was his Quest, where to win or
lose becomes immater-
ial. What is material however,
is that he follow the
Quest both as a matter of duty
and as a matter of
privilege.
What gleam of hope may we have, you may ask further?
That gleam of hope I find in the
statement of the
late William B. Ziff, who declared:
'The Assyrian past is a record
in which the down-
trodden Assyrian remnants can find
a bright gleam
of hope for the future. For
the sacred fire of the
great creative genius is burried
in the wombs of
their women and will one day burst
forth again in
the persons of children perhaps
yet unborn.'
The Knight-errant of Cervantes had
but one dream-
to follow his Quest no matter how
impossible his
Dream-to follow the Star, no matter
how hopeless,
no matter how unreachable.
To fight for the Right,
he was willing to march into hell
for a heavenly
cause.
Let me ask you: what is more
heavenly than to
fight for the cause of the Assyrians?
It belongs
in the city which was built to
music, and therefore
never built at all, and therefore
built forever.
Assyria will not die! This is my ultimate passion."
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G O O D M O
R N I N G B E T - N A H R A I N
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According to unconfirmed reports,
Massoud Barzani,
the current leader of the Kurdish
Democratic Party,
has invited John Nimrod, the Secretary
General of the
Assyrian Universal Alliance, for
a visit to Northern
Iraq. Mr. Nimrod recently
met with the representatives
of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Tehran.
Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers, of whom
700 may be Assyrian,
are believed to remain in Iranian
prisons, according to
the International Committee of
the Red Cross. In 1992
all negotiations between the ICRC
and the government
of Iran collapsed as Iran refused
to cooperate. The
Baathist government in Baghdad
maintains that it hold
no Iranian soldier. After
the Iran-Iraq War ceasefire
in 1988 some 75000 prisoners were
exchanged on both
sides.
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S U R F S U P !
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"I was in Dallas on business last
weekend, and managed
to swing by Kimbell Museum.
The collection they had
displayed was an abreviated version
of Met's exhibit.
They Berlin collection was not
present. Nonetheless,it
was well worth the trip!
The pieces they have on hand
are some of the most important
and valuable Assyrian
artifacts still remaining. There
was also an informative
audio tour available.
I'd recommend it highly!
-Yolanda Bebla, California
"What a wonderful introductory essay
to Zenda; the most
life-giving, hope-inducing, faith-strengthening
and
uplifting collection of words and
thoughts I have read
in a long time. Continue
to give us hope. Khayit!!!"
-Robert Dekelaita, Chicago
"Your last few introductory articles
were repulsive,
obnoxious, and far-fetched.
Please stop my
subscription and put a stop to
your preposterous
claims at once...and stop feeding
nonsense into the
minds of our youth."
-Chicago
[Zenda: Since the appearance
of our feature
article "ROOMS WITH A VIEW" nine
readers have asked
us to discontinue their subscription.
Zenda will
continue to print your views and
comments unedited
and if possible in their entirety.
As M.L. King
wrote in 1963, "nothing can be
more dangerous than
a sincere ignorance and conscienctous
stupidity."]
"Thanks for Zenda. Beautiful
& original opening as
usual. We must propagate
this silent revolution.
Keep up the good work..."
-Pauline Jasim, Chicago
"I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit
that due to my
expedient nature when I check email
in-between classes,
I almost overlooked that inspiring
introduction in the
latest issue of Zenda. Paradoxically,
the scene at
first struck me to be fictitious.
Yet as I continued
to read, I realized that you were
describing quite
poetically the nationalistic endeavors
that are under-
taken each day by our fellow brothers
and sisters. Your
piece certainly offered a strong
argument to those long-
winded and empty statements that
chastise our nation for
being unproductive, quite unjustly
I may say. Thank you
for reminding me of the beautiful
and heartening images
taking place every minute.
It certainly is wonderful to
have the efforts conjured so vividly
by your picturesque
description."
-Natali Aziz, California
"For PUMP UP THE VOLUME wouldn't
it be better if you
stuck to a particular theme of
words? Just a thought.
I don't know if the words will
stick as well if I'm
making the association of 'shalpookhta
rooshmeta'. :)"
-Vivian Hermiz, California
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N E W S D I G E S T
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A HOME PAGE FOR THE ASSYRIAN KIDS
EB (Hollister) Albert Gabrial of
eBabylon has completed
the creation of another homepage
for the enjoyment of
the Assyrian WEB browsers.
This time however, he had a
much younger audience in mind:
ages 6 through 12.
"Nineveh Kids", as he calls his
young internet users,
can look through pages of text
and graphics detailing
the Assyrian heritage, language,
and history. In the
near future, Assyrian songs and
coloring pictures can
be downloaded as more and more
parents are encouraged
to assist in the gathering of information
and teaching
tools. The URL address for
the Nineveh Kids Homepage:
http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/kidsweb.htm
TORONTO CELEBRATES NINOS NIRARI'S 25th
SC (Toronto) On November 5, the
United Assyrian Youth
of Canada will celebrate 25 years
of Ninos Nirary's
literary accomplishments and timeless
contribution to
the modern literature of the Assyrian
language. Nirari
is best known for his impressive
biography of General
Agha Potros of Baz: "Agha Potros,
Saankhirib d'Dora d'
Esree." A collection of Nirari's
poems entitled
"Igarta" or The Message is currently
available on
cassett tape. Ninos Nirary
will be the guest speaker
of the evening accompanied by several
other figures
of the modern Assyrian literature.
ASSYRIAN POLITICIANS SEEK RE-ELECTION
ZN (San Jose) Congresswoman
Anna Eshoo, the Repre-
sentative of California's 14th
Congressional District,
and Ben Elias, a member of Union
City's City Council,
have declared their candidacy for
re-election. Both
candidates have begun extensive
campaigns in northern
California and are seeking volunteers
to aid in their
re-election campaigns. For
more information contact:
Anna Eshoo: (202) 225-8104
in Washington D.C.
(415) 323-2984 in California
Ben Elias:
(408) 223-2208 contact Mr. Esha Tamras
A NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY
OF SOUTHERN BET-NAHRAIN
NQ (Chicago) H.W.F. Saggs,
the author of THE MIGHT
THAT WAS ASSYRIA, has written a
new book entitled
THE BABYLONIANS. Saggs "details
the history of the
southern peoples of Mesopotamia
(including Chaldean
and Aramean tribes), Assyrian conquests,
and the
Babylonian legacy in western civilization,"
according
to Robert DeKelaita of the Nabu
Books in Chicago. THE
BABYLONIANS is priced at $28.00,
available in hardcover
through Nabu Books: PO Box 59422,
Chicago, IL. 60659.
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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)
Oct 1-Feb 4 Exhibition:
Assyrian Art & History
Kimball Art Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
(817) 332-8451
Oct 30
The Simmons Family Lecture Series
at the Gindi Auditorium
University of Judaism
15600 Mulholland Dr
Los Angeles.
"Mesopotamian Myths, Epics and
Laments: the First Recorded
Literature
by Dr. Piotr Michalowski
of University of Michigan
Nov 5
A Gathering in Recognition of
Ninos Nirari's Accomplishments
Toronto, Canada
Nov 28
The Simmons Family Lecture Series
"The West Semitic Alphabet
and the Spread of Civilization"
by Dr. Dennis Pardee
of University of Chicago
Dec 5
The Simmons Family Lecture Series
"King of the Four Quarters of
the Earth: Art, Power and
Politics in the Assyrian Empire"
by Dr. John Russell
of Columbia University
June 9-11 (1996) The ARAM Conference
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts U.S.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Dec 31
New Year's Eve Party
San Jose, California
Entertainment: Ogen
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MEETINGS
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Thursdays
Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at
Modesto Junior College
1:00 pm
Founders Hall 125.
Nov 10
National Executive Committee Meeting
Assyrian American National Federation
Chicago, Illinois
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CLASSES
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Mondays
Assyrian Discussion Group
BETA: AAA of San Jose
8:00-9:30 pm
Topics:
Assyrian Calendar (10/30)
A History of the ASYN Language (11/6)
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SPORTS
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Tuesdays
Boys Soccer Practice
South Valley Christian School
Corner of Blossom and Shawnee
San Jose, California
5-6:30 pm
Sundays
Boys/Girls Volleyball
Campbell Community Center
Camden & Union
Campbell, California
6-9 pm
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A S S Y R I A N
S U R F I N G P O S T S
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New Site(s)
Nineveh Kids Homepage
http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/kidsweb.htm
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Ancient Mesopotamia
http://sipparorinst.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/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/
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P U M P U P T H E V O L U M E
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ENGLISH
ASSYRIAN PRONUNCIATION with Examples
Hawk
"shaah-va"
Eagle
"neshra"
Falcon
"nes-sa", "baz-zeegha"
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B A C K TO THE F U T U R E
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B.C.(750) By this time the
cavalry had replaced
the chariots in the armies of the
Assyrian kings.
During this century, as is shown
in the reliefs of
Tiglath-Pileser III, the cavalrymen
employed a new
technique which allowed them to
operate independent
of another rider, controlling one's
own mount.
A.D.(1736) Naader Shah of Iran expels
all Catholic
missionaries from Iran. The
Assyrians of Salamas in
northwestern Iran guarded the Roman
Catholic faith
until the return of the Vatican
Church representatives
to Urmie in 1839.
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W E L C O M E T O Z E N D A
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Zenda welcomes our new on-line
subscribers from:
[CORPORATE ACCOUNTS]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
[UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS]
University of Chicago
DePaul University, Chicago
Northern Illinois University
[INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS]
Chicago
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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:
Pauline Jasim
Chicago, Illinois
Carlo Ganjeh
San Jose, California
Nineveh Magazine
Berkeley, California
Robert DeKalaita
Chicago, ILlinois
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Our Next Issue will appear on Monday,
November 6, 1995.
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