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A Weekly Online Publication of the ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency
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T H I S W E E K I N Z E N D A
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The Lighthouse...................... A Call For Action
Good Morning Bet-Nahrain............ Assyrian Mayor/Erbil
Survives Attack
Surfs Up............................ "Where is your compassion...?"
Surfers Corner...................... Preserving Our Heritage
and History
News Digest......................... Ashur Shamoun of
Canada in the ICU
Ziggurat............................ A Walk Through Pergamon
Museum
Calendar of Events..................
Entracte............................ Kha b'Neesan in
Australia & Germany
Intelligentsia...................... Classes and Seminars
Assyrian Surfing Posts.............. Assyro-Babylonian
Mythology
Pump up the Volume.................. Wise and Knowledgeable
Back to the Future.................. Campaign against
Tyre
King Abgar's Reign in Urhai
Literatus........................... From the Story of
Anzu
This Week in History................ Yousif Malik
Bravo............................... ZENDA in 20 Countries
The Directory....................... News Sources
Bshena.............................. Bulgaria, Canada,
Kent Law, & UCLA
Salute.............................. Adrin, Ashur, Lena,
Shamiran,Sharokin & Zaineb
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THE L I G H
T H O U S E
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A CALL FOR ACTION
I am an Assyrian who is not formally involved in any official position with any Assyrian organization but is very concerned about our national affairs, in particular the plight of our people in our homeland. The recent developments in the Liberated Bet-Nahrain (North Iraq) and recent efforts here in the U.S. to undermine the independent, nationalistic movement of our people in the Homeland has prompted me to write this "Call for Action" to Zenda. I very strongly believe that those Assyrians who have assumed critical positions in our organizations should be scrutinized and held accountable by us - the Assyrian people. This call is specifically directed towards Dr. Lincoln Malik who has been and is the head of ZOWAA, the Assyrian Democratic Movement in this country.
To clarify my points let me step back a few years to the end of the Gulf War and the arrival in the United States of Mr. Yaqoub Yosep, a member of ZOWAA Central Committee in Bet-Nahrain. He visited our Assyrian communities to inform us of the recent important developments in our homeland. Mr. Yosep’s charisma and intellect, and his uplifting news that ZOWAA had rallied our brothers and sisters to rise and demand our national, political and human rights in Bet-Nahrain electrified us and marked a turning point in relations between the Assyrians in the United States and our brothers and sisters in our homeland.
I dare say that the Assyrian world has not seen a political figure of such high caliber since General Agha Petros. Mr. Yosep's visit sparked the establishment of the Assyrian Aid Society and prompted a large number of capable Assyrians, who had kept to themselves due to their disillusionment with Assyrian organizations in this country, to flock to ZOWAA and swell its ranks.
Five years have come and gone since then, during which time two other ZOWAA delegations have visited our communities. One would have expected ZOWAA leadership in this country to have built upon the tremendous outpouring of support of the Assyrian communities to develop a solid political and economic infrastructure for a focused, aggressive ZOWAA. But alas, this is not the case. ZOWAA in the U.S. lacks the resources for effective action, and is currently very silent with no planned activities. ZOWAA in this country has no clear sense of direction and still lacks effective channels of communication to keep us informed of the plight of the Assyrians in Bet-Nahrain. Many good and capable Assyrians who joined ZOWAA have left disillusioned with ZOWAA’s direction in this country. A good example is the very first branch of ZOWAA in San Jose. This branch, in its first year of operation, was able to raise our national awareness and rally the Assyrians in San Jose to ship half a million dollars worth of medical supplies to our people in Bet-Nahrain.
In short, ZOWAA in America operates in an ineffective, reactive fashion. This was evidenced recently by its failure to rally the Assyrians in the U.S. to send a strong message of condemnation regarding the Iraqi Army’s destruction of ZOWAA offices, Mr. Yosep's house, and the Assyrian TV and radio stations in Irbil and to demand a stop to the killings of our people in Bet-Nahrain, which still goes on with impunity. We have yet to see the perpetrators of these crimes to be brought to justice. ZOWAA here has also kept quiet on the recent activities that have sought to undermine our national movement in our homeland.
I demand a "Call to Action" because this is no time for
excuses. ZOWAA represents one of the few remaining hopes of the Assyrian
nation to preserve what little is left of our homeland. We cannot
afford a weak ZOWAA in this country! We need a ZOWAA here that attracts
the best and the brightest of our nation to its circles of leadership and
can do for our people here what ZOWAA in our homeland has been able to
accomplish. We need a ZOWAA, “a School of Nationalism” in this country
that trains Assyrian politicians of today and inspires Assyrian politicians
of tomorrow. We need an aggressive ZOWAA that taps into the enormous
talents, potentials and economic resources of our nation in this country
to be at the forefront of the fight for our rights and the betterment of
our nation both here and in our homeland. And finally, we need a
ZOWAA in America that sends a strong and clear message to the world and
especially to our neighbors in Bet-Nahrain that we Assyrians in the United
States will not tolerate abuses and mistreatments of our people. Enough
is enough; we will not allow our people to be intimidated and forced out
of our homeland.
I have known Dr. Lincoln Malik for a number of years.
He is a highly educated man and a career politician. But the crucial
position of representing our national movement from our homeland in the
United States in not to be taken for granted. Dr. Malik has failed
to stir our passions in support of our people in Bet-Nahrain, and to do
what is necessary to support ZOWAA’s national movement in our homeland.
It is time for Dr. Malik to pass the torch. I urge all concerned
Assyrians to join me in calling on ZOWAA to appoint a new figure to replace
Dr. Malik, a person that can draw on the resources of our nation to develop
ZOWAA into a strong, effective, and proactive organization in the United
States.
It is time that we Assyrians demand accountability from people who have assumed positions of importance and impact our national affairs. I invite all Assyrians to use Zenda as a “Forum for Accountability” and actively scrutinize the performance of such people. We have to let our voices be heard, loud and clear! Unless we Assyrians take an active role in our own affairs, we have only ourselves to blame for the pitiful state of our nation at the close of the Twentieth Century.
Ramin Daniels
San Jose, California
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GOVERNOR OF ARBIL SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
A Press Release of the Assyrian International News Agency
(ZNIA: Chicago) The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has
announced that at 8:10 a.m. on February 23, 1997, Mr. Francis Harriri survived
an assassination attempt. Mr. Francis Harriri is an Assyrian from northern
Iraq and is the governor of the province of Arbil. The attack reportedly
took place during Mr. Harriri's trip to the provincial headquarters in
Arbil. Although Mr. Harriri survived the attack, two of his bodyguards
as well as five civilian bystanders were reportedly wounded. According
to the
KDP, their initial investigation points to involvement
by the Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Specifically, the KDP has accused
Mr. Kosrat
Rasool, allegedly a PUK political officer, of masterminding
the attack.
The KDP has further suggested that the motivation behind
Mr. Rasool's
assassination attempt may have been the intentional disruption
of the
recent Ankara conference and ongoing peace negotiations
in northern Iraq
between the two warring Kurdish groups.
In their February, 1995 report on human rights abuses
in northern Iraq
since 1991, Amnesty International (AI) has listed at
least sixteen
victims of political assassination in northern Iraq.
One of the victims
was Mr. Francis Yusuf Shabo. According to AI, Mr. Shabo
was "born in
Mangesh (Duhok Province), married with four children.
An Assyrian
Christian of the Chaldean sect, he was an active member
of the Assyrian
Democratic Movement. He became a member of the parliament
after the May 1992 elections and was a member of the National Assembly's
Economic
Committee. He was also responsible for dealing with complaints
submitted
by Assyrian Christians regarding disputed villages in
Bahdinan from
which they had been forcibly evicted by the Iraqi Government
and
subsequently resettled by the Kurds. "[Mr. Shabo] was
shot dead by armed assailants on 31 May 1993 as he approached his home
in Dohuk. No suspects were subsequently apprehended."
Another victim mentioned by AI was "Lazar Mikho Hanna
(known as Abu
Nasir), a married Assyrian Christian born in 1933 in
Mangesh. He "was a
member of the Iraqi Communist Party's Central Committee
for the Iraqi
Kurdistan Region and was also a member of the three-person
committee
responsible for the Iraqi Kurdistan Front's financial
affairs. He was
shot dead by armed assailants on 14 June 1993 near his
home in Dohuk. No
suspects were subsequently apprehended."
Regarding political assassinations, AI has noted that
several Kurdish
groups have established "assassination squads" in northern
Iraq. "The
security apparatus of the KDP, Rekkhistini Taybeti and
that of the PUK,
Dezgay Zanyari, are said to have units akin to assassination
squads,
whose members receive orders from senior party officials.
There is also
widespread conviction that such unlawful and deliberate
killings could
not have been perpetrated without the knowledge, consent
or acquiescence
of the leaders of these two parties, to whom the security
and
intelligence apparatuses are ultimately responsible."
AI also disclosed
"details of extensive surveillance operations of named
individuals, as
well as references to killings and attempted killings
by the Islamic
Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan (IMIK)."
IRAN AGREES TO MEDIATE KURDISH TALKS
>From the February 24 issue of the Gulf Today, published in Sharjah (The United Arab Emirates):
(ZNDA: New York) The Islamic Republic News Agency reports that Iran wants to mediate an end to a power struggle between rival Kurdish groups in northern Iraq. Senior officials from two Kurdish groups arrived on Fridy for talks with Iranian officials in a move to settle a fight for control of the Kurdish-controlled region., which was carved out in northern Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War. Jalal Talabani, head of the PUK, asked for Iranian mediation in a meeting on Saturday with Agha Mohammadi, a representative of the Iran's supreme leader, the agency said. It quoted Mohammadi as saying that Iran was ready "to respond to the requests" for mediation. Nichravan Barzani, a senior official of the rival Kurdistani Democratic Party, was also in Iran, the agency said. It said the KDP had asked for the meeting in Tehran but did not elaborate. Last August, the KDP drove Talabani's supporters out of Irbil and surrounding areas with help from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's army. A US-brokered cease-fire took effect in October and it largely has held. The United States and Britain patrol a "no-fly" zone over the north to protect the Kurds from attacks by Iraq, but the allies have given up trying to maintain order on the ground. The United States, Britain and France set up a "safe haven" for Kurds after a failed rebellion by the Kurds in 1991.
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Adrin Taksh
Berlin, Germany
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address book could
you please send me a message with all the E-Mailing addresses
is available
for assyrians."
Samir Younan
Toronto, Canada
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"What a Joke we are: we have all read about the
recent earthquake in Ardebil, northwest Iran. It took a heavy toll
both on human life and in property damage. Recently, on his San Jose live
T.V. show, Mr. George Maragolof dedicated the full hour for the collection
of money to assist the
people of Arbedil. I noticed that the phone was
ringing non stop with
people calling in their pledges. As I was listening to
these callers,
my blood pressure was steadily rising. The President
of our Shotapouta called in with a pledge of $50. He also urged others
to call in their pledges on the ground that this would let the people and
the government of Iran know that we support them. The Vice-President,
as well as a couple of members of Shotapouta, joined then called in with
their own pledges. I can't help but wonder what the President of our Shotapouta
can possibly be thinking. As I recall, the State of Iran considers
its exiles to be traitors. I am trying to understand therefore how
Mr. Sargon Yalda figures that we could be considered both traitors and
supporters at the same time? Is it really the case that Iran will
take special note of a donation amounting to a couple of thousand dollars?
Will this goodwill gesture lead them to be somewhat more considerate when
they are torturing Iraqi Assyrian prisoners held in Iranian jails?
Also, we are told that the monies thus collected by our
people will simply go into a larger collection pool amassed by the Iranian
community in the U.S. So the question arises: How will the
Assyrian community get any credit for this? Also, we all know that the
Iranian community in California is very affluent, and it can easily raise
large amounts of monies. This also goes for the Assyrians from Iran.
Yet when was the last time this
group of Assyrians contributed or helped raise funds
to assist Assyrians in Iran or anywhere else?
Last year during the May convention, when two children
from north Iraq
came to the U.S. for heart surgery, Shotapouta invited
the Assyrian Aid Society to bring them to the cathedral in downtown San
Jose for a national prayer program. Almost 800 people participated
in the event. A donation [Mashkhadat], was collected for the Assyrian children
of North of Iraq. After the event, Shotapouta announced it had only
collected $1360. By my math, if 800 people gave an average of $2, this
would amount to $1,600. I happen to personally know several people who
donated over $20. Shotapouta announced that the Chay and cake expense amounted
to $1100. (As of today Assyrian Aid Society, has not received a penny from
that Mashkhata)
I am embarrassed by this incident. Since when do
we deduct "expenses"
from Mashkhata? And in any case, who told Shotapouta
to provide tea and cakes free of charge to those who attended? And
if Shotapouta felt it wanted to provide this for free, why should it be
deducted from mashkkata?
This brings me back to the earlier story. How can
the same group be
such scrooges with money that is rightfully deserved
by our needy children in Iraq, while at the same time they appear on T.V.
to solicit donations for Moslems who have made our lives miserable for
so many generations past?
It is perhaps time to recall the Persian Expression which
says: "It is wrong to donate a candle to the Mosque when it is needed at
home" (In Farsi: cheragey ke ravast be khaneh Haram ast be masjed). So
I would ask those eager beaver contributors on the TV hour: WHERE
IS YOUR COMPASSION FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE? We have no oil. We certainly
do not have a population of 60 million people. WE lack national resources.
So why don't you step forward when the issue is to help your own sisters
and brothers? Why aren't the phones ringing when the collection is
for the families and children of Bet Nahrain? Am I ashamed of our
San Jose Shotapouta? Yes, very definitely. And embarrassed as well.
I think of my people in Bet Nahrain, waiting and praying for our help and
don't really know how to answer their pleas and cries."
Lena Mushell
San Jose, California
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"I read your E-Newsletter and I like it very much. Starting April we will have a new newspaper in Toronto "Eamama", We welcome any articles from your readers, your team and any assyrian world wide. Could you please write my E-Mail address in your newsletter with a short message announcing my upcoming newspaper. I would like to ask you if you will allow us to use some of your articles in the future in our Newspaper?"
Amira bet Shmoel
E-Mail: cs687@torfree.net
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for publication in your journal. With proper references, as outlined
in the sections of our newsletter and ZENDA in general you may use any
material published in ZENDA.]
"I am new to reading Zenda and corresponding with fellow
Assyrians. Could you please explain some of the comments surrounding the
story of the Assyrians who were murdered last month in Iraq? I understand
what happened in Iraq; I don't understand why some of your readers are
upset about the responses. I haven't paid much attention to politics so
far in my life, but I do know any division among us is a serious problem
since we are so few in number and lacking in political influence at this
time. Is there an official organization functioning as the spokesperson
for Assyrians in the US? Maybe some of my fellow younger Assyrians would
also appreciate an objective perspective/explanation. I enjoy Zenda, and
I want to explore my roots so future generations will not forget Assyrians
and all the
contributions we have made to the world so far. Thanking
you in advance, I remain"
Grace Yohannan Cotto
Apopka, Florida
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I was very moved by Lena Mushell's little essay on her family history, as well as the previous article (I Give You America My Son) and would like to see more such family histories written. If you call on your readers to submit a family essay each, and carry one each week, I will take them, edit them, and get them published as an anthology of the Assyrian experience. What I'm looking for is the legacy handed down to our generation, the stories we've heard from our parents and grandparents and how we feel about them. From this, we build a new consciousness, a common view of what being an Assyrian means in a "real" sense. I've interviewed a couple of elderly Assyrians and will do this on a regular basis. This is slightly more difficult work given that most can't/won't write their histories. One lady, an eyewitness at the Semele massacre (she saw her father and mother shot before her young eyes), refused to allow me to tape her - audio or video-and once she knew I wanted or sought to write about her, refused to talk with me altogether. Her story, a history worth sharing, will be lost to our generation.
Robert W. Dekelaita
Editor of Nabu Quarterly
Chicago, Illinois
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ASSYRIAN-CANADIAN RADIO HOST SUFFERS A HEART ATTACK
(ZNDA: Ontario) Mr. Ashur Shamoun, Vice-President of the "Assyrian Voice of Canada, suffered a severe heart attack on Friday at 4 p.m., while preparing a radio program to air on Saturday. Mr. Shamoun was rushed to Oakville Hospital and placed under intensive care. A Canadian reader of ZENDA commented that "Mr. Shamoun is well known in the Assyrian community of Canada as a leader that cares too deeply for the Assyrian community." No report on Mr. Shamoun's condition was made available at press time.
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"Als ich im letzten ZENDA den Artikel "THE NAMELESS GATES
OF GODS" las, erinnerte ich mich an meinem ersten Besuch im Pergammon Museum.
Das war zwar nach der Wende, aber noch vor der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands,
also musste ich erst ueber die Grenze rueber im Ost Berlin fahren. Als
ich in der Friedrichstrasse die Grenzkontrolle hinter mich hatte, dachte
ich, das ist also die DDR. Das war das erste Mal, dass ich im Ost-Berlin
war, aber dies interessierte mich nicht, ich dachte nicht an die deutsche
Geschichte, sondern an meine, ich wollte zu meinen Vorfahren. Ich war aufgeregt
und hatte auch angst, ich war in einem fremden Land, in eine neue Stadt,
aber
dies war alles uninteressant, den ich wollte zu meinen
Vorfahren.
Ich stand vor dem Museum, hinter diese Waende stehen also
die Werke meiner Urgrosseltern, dachte ich. Ich hollte Luft und bin rein
in dem Museum. Ich bin im ersten Zimmer, aber dies ist keine der Werke,
auf die ich gewartet habe, wo ist das Ischtar Tor? Bin ich etwa in einem
falschen Museum? Mit meinem damals gebrochenen Deutsch fragte ich die Aufsichtperson
dort,"Wo ist das Ischtar Tor?" Er hat mir den Weg beschrieben und ich machte
mich auf die Suche. Ich bin durch das Tor durchgegangen, drehte mich um
und fuer eine Weile dachte ich, ich bin in Babylon, ich bin Zuhause.
Das Gefuehl ist einfach unbeschreiblich. Hier haben also
die Assyrer vor ein paar Jahrtausende das neue Jahr gefeiert, dachte ich.
Ich bin dann in der Prozessionsstrasse spaziert. Vertieft in meinen Gedanken
wollte ich meinem Nachbar auf assyrisch ansprechen, oeffnete mein Mund,
dabei oeffnete sich mein Gehoer und auch mein Verstand, und ich merkte,
dass ich doch nicht Zuhause bin. Ich musste enttaeuscht fest stellen, es
ist nicht das alte Babylon, nein, das ist Berlin, Ost-Berlin, nein, das
sind auch keine Assyrer, sondern Deutsche, Englaender, Italiener, Spanier,
und, und, und.
Enttaeuscht aber auch froh bin ich wieder zur Friedrichstrasse
gegangen, in die U-Bahn gestiegen und nach Hause gefahren, weit weg vom
Zuhause!
Diese unbeschreibliche Mischung vom Glueck im Unglueck
wiederholt sich jedes Mal, wenn ich zu Besuch bei meinen Vorfahren gewesen
bin!!"
Adrin Takhsh
Berlin
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Kha b' Neesan Party:
Am 30.3. feiern wir Assyrer wohnend in Wiesbaden
und Umgebubgden den Anfang
unser Neu Jahr zusammen mit unser beruehmter Saenger
Evin Agassi,
in der Willi Brandt Allee 14, Wiesbaden
Eintritt: 25,-DM
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Am 6. April werden wir noch einmal unser Neujahr feiern,
diesmal mit Kaffee,
Kuchen und viele andere Ueberaschungen. Bei dieser Gelegenheit
wird Frau
Adrin Takhsh einen Vortrag ueber die Zeremonien im alten
assyrien halten.
Beginn: 17:00
in den ABGAD Raeumlichkeiten in Wiesbaden
(die genaue Adresse, nexte Woche)
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David's Konzert:
Sonntag den 20. Juli 1997 um 11:00
David Yonan spielt Geige
Mathaeikirchstrasse 1
Berlin
im Musikinstrumenten Museum Berlin, Curt-Sachs Saal (dierekt
neben der
Philharmonie)
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Thru Apr 6 The Ain Ghazal
Exhibit
Smithsonian Institute
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Washington D.C.
AAA of Southern CA (818) 506-7577
Thru April 27
Masterpieces from the Pierpot Morgan Libray:
A collection of relics 3300 B.C. to 1800 B.C.
Cylindrical Seals
From Uruk, Akkadian, Babylonia and Assyria
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
(415)863-3330
Thru Fall 1997 Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs
of Ur
2650-2550 B.C.
Third Floor
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Mar 25
The Discovery of a 3rd Millennium BCE Trading Post
in Northern Mesopotamia
A Hagop Kevorkian Lecture
Lecture by Dr. Michel Fortin
of the Department of History, Laval University, Quebec
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
33rd and Spruce Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19104
6 p.m.
Reception follows
Rainey Auditorium.
Free (215) 898-4890
Apr 5
NEC Meeting of the Assyrian American National Fed.
Eden's Banquets (Assyrian Social Hall)
10:00 am
Hotel Information:
Radisson Hotel
4500 West Touhy
Lincolnwood
1-800-333-3333
Apr 9
Recent Excavations at Gordion, Turkey:
An Achaemenid Persian Imperial Town in Central Anatolia
Lecturer: T.C. Young, Jr.
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
8:00 p.m
Apr 11-13
Big Bear Ski Trip
Skiing, hiking, Mountain biking, etc.
Assyrian Student Union Big Bear Trip
Members $40 non-members $65
Includes lodging, transportation, and 1st night's food.
Contact Sargon Gewargis: fishtale@juno.com
s8913705@mail.themall.net
Apr 24
Beginning of Settled Village Life in Eastern Anatolia
Dr. Michael Rosenberg
Associate Professor, University of Delaware
6:00 p.m.
Reception Follows
Rainey Auditorium
Free (215) 898-4890
May 4
"Near Eastern Archeology"
Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy
University of California, San Diego
Location: Westchester, New York
Call Hugo Vandenwall Bake (914) 472-0874
May 5
"Near Eastern Archeology"
Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy
University of California, San Diego
Location: Tufts University, Boston
Call Jodi Magness (617) 628-5000 x2680
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classicsDept/aia.html
May 23-26
Assyrian State Convention of California
Turlock, California
May 24
A C N C '97
The Third Assyrian Community Networking Conference
The Assyrian State Convention of California
Turlock, California
Organized by The Assyrian Community Networking Society
Jul 20
A Concert by the Assyrian Violinist, David Yonan
Mathaeikirchstrasse 1
Musikinstrumenten Museum, Curt-Sachs Saal
Berlin
11:00 am
Aug 26-Sept 2
Assyrian American National Convention
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Fairlane Town Center
Detroit, Michigan
All Single,double,triple,quad rooms: $95 per day
Reservations: (313) 982-6880
Reservations must be made by August 7.
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Mar 30
Kha b' Neesan Party
Willi-Brandt Allee 14
Wiesbaden
Entertainer: Evin Agassi
Donation: 25,-DM
Mar 31
Kha B'Neesan 6747 Festival
Victorian Assyrian Communities
12 noon - 7:00 pm
Moonee Ponds Community Centre
Cnr Mt Alexander & Pascoe Vale Roads, Moonee Ponds
Adults $5 Family $20 (2 Adults & 4 children)
Apr 5
Kha b'Neesan Dance Party
Chicago
Apr 6
Kha b'Neesan Parade
Chicago
1:00-3:00 pm
New Year Celebration in Wiesbaden, Germany
&/lecture: "The New Year Ceremonies in Ancient Assyria
Speaker: Adrin Takhsh
5:00 pm
ADBGAD, Wiesbaden
Apr 26
A Cocktail Dance Party
5th Anniversary of the Assyrians Around the World
TV Program
Entertainers: Julian Jindo
Julian & Janan Band from San Diego
Hyatt Hotel
1740 North First Street
San Jose, California
(408) 993-1234
$20.00
Tickets: Etminan Market & United Foods
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CHICAGO
Assyrian Athletic Club Soccer Development Program
Ages 7-14
7:45-9:45 pm
Mondays
Warren Park Gymnasium
Western Avenue & Devon Street
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1997-98
Syriac Classes Taught by Dr. J.F. Coakley
Elementary Syriac
Instructor: J. F. Coakley
Basic Syriac grammar and syntax
with selected readings from the Syriac Bible and
other early texts.
Readings in Syriac I
Historical and theological texts, and early poetry
Readings in Syriac II
Special attention to exegetical texts and to reading manuscripts.
MODESTO
Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at
Modesto Junior College
1:00 pm
Fridays
Founders Hall 108
Modesto, U.S.A.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD Assyrian Boy Scouts
Assyrian American Association of Southern California
Assyrian Club
5901 Cahuenga Blvd
North Hollywood, California
9:30am to 12:30pm
Sundays
Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com
(818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm
Assyrian Student Union
California State University, Northridge
Assyrian American Association of Southern California
Assyrian Club
5901 Cahuenga Blvd
North Hollywood, California
6:00pm
Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com
(818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm
SAN JOSE
Nisibin School
Assyrian Language Classes
Ages 5-14
10:00-1:00 pm
Saturdays
AAA of San Jose BETA
20000 Almaden Road
Raabie Nimrod Simono's Intermediate Grammar Class
AAA of San Jose BETA
ONLY IN MARCH
Class Days Vary (Contact ZENDA for more information)
Maestro Nebu Issabey's Nineveh Choir Practice
AAA of San Jose BETA
8:00 pm
Thursdays
TORONTO
Nisibis School
10:30-1:30
Saturdays
The Church of the East
Toronto, Canada
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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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The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/assyrbabyl-faq.html
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P U M P UP THE V O L U
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English Modern Assyrian
Wise
kha/keema
[M]
kha/kim/ta (tha) [F]
Knowledgeable
Yaa/doo/aa
[M]
Yaa/do/ta (tha) [F]
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F = Feminine M = Masculine
P = Plural
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B A C K TO THE
F U T U R E
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B.C. (640) The entire territory of Tyre in Lebanon
is made into an Assyrian province. Earlier, between 671 and 667 BC, Assyrian
kings Essarhadon and Ashurbanipal began campaigning against this Phoenician
city.
<< The Phoenicians and the West, Aubet >>
A.D. (171) King Abgar, son of Manu, begins his reign over
the Assyrian kingdom of Urhai (Edessa) for 35 years.
<< The Roman Near East, Miller>>
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L I T E
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From the Story of ANZU
ca 2800 BC
Let your name be greatest among all the great gods,
You shall have no equal among the gods your brethren.
Let there be diases to be built,
Establish your holy places in the four world regions,
Let your holy places come into Ekur.
Show yourself mighty before the gods
for your name shall be "Mighty One."
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T H I S W E E K
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March 28, 1899: born in Baghdad, Yousif Malik, author
of "The British Betrayal of the Assyrians."
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B R A
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This week with the addition of an Assyrian reader in Bulgaria
the number of countries to which we email our weekly newsletter reaches
twenty. We hope that in the year 6747 we will be able to also include new
readership from Bet-Nahrain (Iran, Iraq, Syria,and Turkey).
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Finland
France
Germany
England
Holland
Isreal
Italy
New Zealand
Pakistan
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine
U.S.
Uruguay
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the D I R E C T O R
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ZNAD (Assyrian Democratic Organization)
ZNAM (Archeology Magazine)
ZNAP (Associated Press International)
ZNBN (Bet-Nahrain Inc/ KBSV-TV "AssyriaVision")
ZNDA (Zenda: zenda@ix.netcom.com)
ZNMN (San Jose Mercury News)
ZNNQ (Nabu Quarterly)
ZNNV (Nineveh Magazine)
ZNRU (Reuters)
ZNSJ (San Jose Mercury News)
ZNTM (Time Magazine)
ZNUP (United Press International)
ZNUS (US News & World Report)
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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
Applied Materials
Clarify
Samsung Electronic Inc
UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS
Kent Law School
University of California, Los Angeles
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
Bulgaria
Canada
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S A L
U T E
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Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals &
organizations whose
contributions appear in this issue:
Adrin Takhsh
Berlin, Germany
Ashur Simon Malek
Ontario, Canada
Shamiran Safaro Melbourne,
Australia
Zaineb Istrabadi
New York
and the following individual(s) for introducing ZENDA
to our new readers:
Lena Mushell
San Jose, California
Sharokin Betgevargiz Chicago, Illinois
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