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A Weekly Online Newsletter Serving the Assyrian
Communities Around the World
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THE L I G H
T H O U S E
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THE HIGHEST IDEAL IN LIFE
To attain cultural development and
progress among the
Assyrians, both as individuals
and as a people, it is
necessary to have the highest ideal
in life and to seek
to realize it. And to reach
this goal, families also
must bring forth children with
a Christian and national
character who will serve the nation,and
schools must
produce leaders. The church
and the clergy should revive
the pulpit, and with the fiery
language and divinely
inspired message extol the life
of the soul. And the
wheels of the press should grind
out newspapers and books
to promote the intellectual, spiritual,
and national life
of the Assyrians. Let
family, church, school, and press
unite in this spirit, cooperate,
and render mutual
assistance,for it is only then
that this nation, which
has embarked in the journey of
self-enlightenment, will
attain the supreme ideal in life,
which it must of
necessity pursue.
Professor Ashur S. Yousuf
(1858-1915)
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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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EARTHQUAKE ROCKS NORTHERN BET-NAHRAIN
RU (Baghdad) Last Wendesday, an
earthquake which shook a
large portion of the Middle East
also hit Nineveh and
Mosul 250 miles north of Baghdad
at 07:17 a.m. The tremor
measured 5.5 on the Richter scale
caused no damage. The
earchquake was also felt in Baghdad.
The same quake caused
12 deaths and at least 69 injuries
when it hit parts of
Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the
Gaza Strip and West Bank,
waking people with a jolt and causing
buildings to sway.
Libya claims that Wednesday's shaking
was the result of
Israeli nuclear tests in the Gulf
of Aqaba.
STRONG BLAST DESTROYS SADDAM'S SPY CENTER
RU (Nicosia)- The Iraqi Broadcasting
Corporation (IBC)
said local headquarters of the
Baathist regime in
northern Bet-Nahrain was blown
up on Nov. 16, killing
12 security guards and wounding
more than 20. The IBC
reported that the two-story building
``was used to
direct spying and espionage activities
in the liberated
area of northern Iraq.'' The IBC,
based in the
town of Salahuddin, is affiliated
to the London-based
opposition Iraqi National Congress.
ROBERT DEUTSCH FAILS TO SETTLE KURDISH DISPUTE
RU (ANKARA) U.S.-sponsored peace
talks to resolve a
feud between rival Iraqi Kurdish
factions in northern
Bet-Nahrain have ended without
a settlement. Robert
Deutsch left northern Bet-Nahrain
last Monday after a
week of shuttle diplomacy between
the two Kurdish
political groups. The two
parties have been locked
in a sometimes violent dispute
for 18 months and have
divided northern Bet-Nahrain into
separate spheres of
influence. Two earlier rounds of
talks in Ireland in
August and September yielded few
results. Deutsch, the
head of the Northern Gulf Affairs
Office, met several
times with the KDP in the town
of Salahuddin and the
PUK in the nearby city of Erbil
but the two sides
themselves never met. Iraq criticized
Deutsch's
mediation as ``a flagrant and impudent
intervention
in Iraq's internal affairs.''
Meanwhile, Turkey
is disturbed over talks between
German Christian
Democrat Party member, Heinrich
Lummer, and the leader
of the terrorist PKK organization
Abdullah Ocalan in
Damascus during the last few days
in November.
KURDISH LEADER CALLED A DRUG SMUGGLER
TN (Ankara) Eight international
drug-smugglers, reported
as members of the Labor Party of
Kurdistan (PKK), were
caught with over twenty pounds
of heroin by the police
directorate's anti-smuggling department
in Van, Turkey.
Police said that the street value
of the heroin was 20
billion Turkish Lire and the suspects
were trying to
smuggle the heroin from Iran to
Greece. The leader of
the Kurdistan Democratic Party
(KDP), Masoud Barzani
said at a press conference in northern
Bet-Nahrain that
the PKK acted as a "mafia" in drug
smuggling and described
the leader of the PKK, Abdullah
Ocalan as a drug smuggler
and secret agent who served the
interests of secret
services of some countries. Leader
of the Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan (PUK) Jalal Talabani
has been told by the
Turkish government that he must
make his intentions clear
in connection with his ties with
the PKK.
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S U R F S U P !
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"I recently made (and am in the
process of finishing)
a web page that will allow Assyrians
who don't speak
the language well to learn through
the art of music.
Please publish my URL:
http://users.aol.com/assyrianme/songs/assyrian.html
Oyet baseema rroba. Allaha minokhoon."
-Robert Oshana
Chicago
"From Assyrians in Greater Victoria/Vancouver,
B.C.,
Canada--Greetings our brothers
in Zenda and Zenda's
readers: Zenda's contributions
to our Assyrian cause
and advancement in Cultural and
political areas are
remarkeable. Keep up the good work
and may god bless
you all for this excellent job."
Dr. Simon Francis Shamoun
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Associate Professor
Univ. of Victoria
Simon Fraser Univ.
"Next week Tuesday, Nov 28 at 7:00
P.M.Ben Elias
will be sworn in for his second
term at the Union
City, City Hall. I do not
have the address at this
time. As I was talking with
Ben last week, he
indicated that he'd be honnored
if there were a
group of Assyrians at the Swearing-In
Ceremony,
next Tuesday...One of the individuals
running against
Ben had made a comment about Ben's
birthplace,
where he provided a table of the
3 candidates
indicating certain facts (or suggested
facts).
In this table, an item entitled
Birth Place appeared,
which should have no siginficance
in a political
race. Anyway, for Ben Elias he
had "Assyrian(Iraq)"
as the birthplace. Needless
to say this did not
play good with the voters as many
voiced their
dislike and disgust with this issue.
Ben will be
making a statment in reference
to his Assyrian origin
during his swearing in ceremony,
therefore it would
be nice to have Assyrians other
that his immediate
family and a couple of friends
around."
-Esha Tamras, California
"I would like to take this opportunity
to thank the
staff at Zenda for the fine job
of putting together
such a fine and pleasurable magazine.
I find your
magazine very infomative and at
the same time
educational. Keep up the
good work."
-Mazin Enwiya, Illinois
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N E W S D I G E S T
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ASSYRIAN REFUGEES IN THE BALTIC STATES
RU (Vilnius) Lithuanian police Thursday
detained 49
migrants from the Middle East.
Baltic states of
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
have been used as
transit countries by people, including
Assryians from
Iraq, seeking to reach Scandinavia.
Lithuania is the
only one of the Baltic states that
has passed a so-called
refugee law, which guarantees certain
rights for people
who arrive on its territory.
A lucrative business has
grown for smugglers, bringing people
from Iraq.
Lithuania says it detained 2,000
such migrants last year
and the same amount so far this
year. There may be as
many as 40 Assyrian families remaining
in Lithuania,
according to the Assyrian sources
in Europe.
IRAQ IN NEED OF MEDICAL DRUGS
WORTH $200 MILLION
RU (Baghdad) - The official al-Iraq
daily newspaper
said the number of patients afflicted
with heart
disease, diabetes and cancer was
rising, with more
than 600,000 of them receiving
treatment every month
at government clinics and hospitals.
With its oil
sales blocked by U.N. trade sanctions
and overseas
assets worth billions of dollars
out of reach, Iraq
is hard pressed to finance its
medical purchases. The
U.N. offered Iraq a one-time sale
of oil to pay for
urgent humanitarian needs. But
Baghdad turned down
the offer, complaining the terms
violated its
sovereignty.
ASSYRIAN ACADEMIC SOCIETY
ELECTION RESULTS
The following is the result of the
election of
the Assyrian Academic Society Board
of Directors
held last Sunday in Chicago:
President:
Mark Mkrdichian
Vice-President:
Sweetlana Aboona
Treasurer:
Roger Ichou
Secretary:
Nadia Joseph
Committee Chairpersons:
By-laws/Membership
Martin Mirza
Public/Lang./Hist/Cult
Peter Jasim
Professional Counseling
Tony Khoshaba
Public Relations
Julianna Taimoorazy
The Assyrian Academic Society semi-annually
publishes the AAS Journal and promotes
the
language, history, and culture
of the Assyrian
civilization. For more information
contact:
(708) 803-6776 or
Fax (708) 803-4311
ASSYRIAN ART ON DISPLAY IN CANADA
SC (Toronto) Dozens of Hannibal
Alkhas and
Putrus Yakhanis' paintings along
with several
wood carvings by Hurmoz Rashidzadeh
were on
display this month at the Assyrian
Centre in
Mississauga, Canada. The
exhibition of modern
Assyrian art was sponsored by the
United Assyrian
Youth of Canada and the Ur Social
Club of Ontario.
In a related event, Youel
Sarkis of Assyrian
Centre, Yosip Bet-Yosip from San
Jose, California
and Hannibal Alkhas from Iran delivered
speeches
on the Assyrian art and poetry.
Hannibal Alkhas
will be the guest of the Assyrian
community in
Southern California from November
26 through
Tuesday, November 28.
MEMORIES OF THE ANCIENT MID EAST
RESURFACE IN LEBANON
RU (Beirut) Ruins of the great civilizations
which
flourished in the Middle East have
been found as
reconstruction of Beirut and the
archaeological
excavations continuue. ``We
have discovered several
relics with 12 distinct layers
and colors...,'' Helene
Sader, an archaeologist at the
American Univ. of Beirut,
said of one recent find of pottery
and cups. The
builder of the first Assyrian empire,
Shamshi-Adad I
(1813-1781 B.C.)conquered Laban
(Lebanon), the land of
valuable cedar so that he may reach
the "marked
boundaries of the world." The Hariri
Foundation,financed
from Prime Minister Hariri's personal
fortune, and
UNESCO have donated $1.3 million
to pay for excavations.
Solidere, a private development
company, is also
providing $3 million to finance
excavations and altering reconstruction
plans so as not to damage the finds.
More than 350 foreign archaeologists,
including 20
Americans, have expressed interest
in participating in
the dig.
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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)
AS (Assyrian Server in Sweden)
EB (e.Babylon BBS): 1-209-668-1827
Hollister, California
JS (Journal of the Assyrian Academic
Society)
P.O. Box 4102
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016-4102
NQ (Nebu Quarterly)
P.O. Box 59422, Chicago Illinois 60659
RU (Reuters)
SC (soc.culture.assyrian)
TN (Turkish News Agency)
WS (The Wall Street Journal)
ZN (Zenda Reporters):
zenda@ix.netcom.com
Toronto, Germany,
Chicago, Los Angeles, & San Jose
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C A L E N D A R OF E V E N T
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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
Nov 28
The Simmons Family Lecture Series
at the Gindi Auditorium
University of Judaism
15600 Mulholland Dr
Los Angeles.
"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
Westin Hotel
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.
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CLASSES
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Mondays
Assyrian Language Classes
BETA: AAA of San Jose
7:00-8:30 pm
Assyrian Discussion Group
BETA: AAA of San Jose
8:00-9:30 pm
Thursdays
Nineveh Choir: Mastro Nebu Issabey
BETA: AAA of San Jose
7:30-9:00 pm
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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 WEB SITE
Assyrian Songs
http://users.aol.com/assyrianme/songs/
assyrian.html
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Ancient Mesopotamia
http://sipparorinst.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZ
U/ABZU_REGINDX_MESO.HTML
Akkadian Language
http://ruurq2.sron.ruu.nl/akkadian/
Assyria On-Line
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~jatou/./
Assyrian Flag
http://www.cesi.it/flags/assyria.html
Assyrian Server (in Sweden)
http://www.cs.umu.se/~dprhi/assyr/assyr.html
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
List of Books on Babylon
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/who/Jamie.Norrish/nephilim/
Bibliographies/babylon.html
Mesopotamia
http://www.singnet.com.sg/~edmonds/sumerian_
main.html
"Newsgroup"
soc.culture.assyrian
Nineveh Kids Homepage
http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/kidsweb.htm
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
Rent
"mogroota" (g as in 'dog')
Aten lewit pooriyo mogroota'd
aha yarkha.
You have not paid this month's
rent.
Escrow "moolkana"
Loan
"eezapta"
Ana sneeqa'd khda
eezapta gha zwanta'd aha beta eewen.
I need a loan to purchase
this home.
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B A C K T O T H E F U T U R E
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B.C.(740's) Assyrian sources indicate
that Egyptian
and Philistine trade with Lebanon
for timber was of
sufficient concern under Tiglath-Pileser
III to call
forth an explicit interdiction
from the Assyrian
authorities.
A.D.(9/17/1974) During
the 7th Assyrian Universal
Alliance Congress, assembled in
Chicago, a demand on
behalf of the Assyrian Nation,
under the leadership of
the late Malik Yagoub de Malik
Ismail is made to the
Iraqi Government that an Autonomous
State in the
territory between the Greater Zab
and the Tigris River
in northern Bet-Nahrain be administered
and protected
by the Assyrians.
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W E L C O M E T O Z E N D A
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Our Next Issue will appear on Monday,
December 4, 1995.
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