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The Lighthouse.............The Assyrian Youth Excellence
Pageant
Good Morning Bet-Nahrain...Recent Attacks on Assyrians
in Baghdad
Surfs Up..................."such an article to be long overdue!"
Surfers Corner.............Edu. & Cultural Activities
at Detroit Convention
News Digest................Syria to Participate in the Babylon Festival
Syrian Official Calls for Elimination of Border
Iran's Majlis Approves Khatami's New Cabinet
Calendar of Events.........No New Events
Khudra.....................September Through November
1997
Entracte...................Annual Party at San Jose St.
Mary's Church
Intelligentsia.............Regular Meetings and Classes
Assyrian Surfing Posts.....Assyrian American National
Federation's New WWW
Pump up the Volume.........News & Reporter
Back to the Future.........Shalmaneser's Siege of Tyre
Zenji's Siege of Edessa
Literatus..................Honeymonth
This Week in History......."Neesha"
Bravo......................KSBV-AssyriaVision on the
Web
The Directory..............ZENDA News Sources
Bshena.....................Gary, Los Angeles, & San
Jose
Salute.....................Arbella, Pauline, Ramin, Francis,
& Rita
The time is 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning during the annual
Assyrian American National convention. Many Assyrians who traveled
thousands of miles to participate are still in their hotel rooms recuperating
from the late social simultaneous gatherings which took place the night
before. Others are casually conversing over a hot cup of tea with
old friends and relatives at the local coffee shops and the hotel lounge.
The busy organizers are still active in their two-day quest for an hour
of sleep between events and surprises.
Meanwhile, a small group of young energetic Assyrians
who have come from various parts of the country are gathered in a small
quiet room completing a test. Yes, a test! Questions
such as "what is the meaning behind the name of the great `Tur Abdin' and
where is it located?" or translate the following sentences from Assyrian
into English...
This is only the start of a series of contests
to be performed over the next few hours to choose the winners of the year's
youth Excellence pageant. An annual contest designed by the Assyrian
American National Federation to highlight the achievements and talents
of some of the brightest and most talented young Assyrians around. The
three year old contest which premiered during the San Jose Convention of
1994 has proved to be one of the most successful and sought after events
of the AANF convention. This is mainly due to its profound impact
on the contestants, the Assyrian public, and other Assyrian youth in general.
It's impact on the young contestants is achieved naturally
through the event itself. The feeling that the Assyrian nation is
appreciative of the academic, and social achievements of it's youth provides
these youngsters with pride and the drive to further reach new heights
in their quest for excellence. In addition, the contest serves as
an indirect invitation to the contestants to interact with the community
by introducing them to the public, hence using our raw talents for the
betterment of our nation. Several past contestants have since become active
in the community. A fine example of this is Sharoukin Bet-Gevarguis who
represented Assyrian women on numerous public and international appearances.
She is also well on her way of becoming a successful film maker with plans
to make documentaries relevant to the Assyrian nation and its people.
The contest also serves as a small scholarship which many past winners
have used towards their university expenses.
It also has a profound impact on the Assyrian public
to witness the fact that the future of Assyrians is bright with such talent
and dedication that such youth exhibit. It gives the Assyrian people
hope that assimilation has not taken its toll on the new Assyrians to the
degree assumed. It gives them hope that the Assyrian legacy will
not disappear as long as our youngsters are brought up in a manner similar
to that which brought such contestants.
In addition, other young Assyrians benefit by having
Assyrian role models presented to them to look up to and follow in their
foot steps towards achieving excellence. Some may also decide that
they will strive to compete in the following contest as evident in this
years contestants.
As a previous contestant of the first AANF youth excellence
pageant, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the AANF for creating
this annual event and to wish all the 1997 contestants much luck, wisdom
and happiness. Remember that regardless of the outcome of the contest,
you must do as King Ashurbanipal asked of us over 2,600 years ago by writing:
"Among you, my sons and great grandchildren, in distant
days, for long epochs, years without number, let praise of Assyria not
be forgotten."
King Ashurbanipal
Firas Jatou
Chicago, Illinois
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BAGHDADI ASSYRIANS ALARMED BY RECENT MURDERS
(ZNAI: Chicago) A series of murders and violent attacks on Assyrians in the Baghdad area has left many Iraqi Christians deeply concerned for their safety and well being. According to the Assyrian International News Agency report, on 25 July the Arabic-language newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported that Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, has shot and killed an Assyrian girl earlier in June. The Assyrian girl, Asil Salman Mansour, was last seen walking home within the predominantly Christian district of Doura in Baghdad. Witnesses report that Asil was stopped by a “presidential” vehicle, forced in by Uday’s bodyguards and taken to the Presidential Complex at al-Jadiriya. Uday, angered by Asil's resistance to the attempted rape, shoots and kills his victim. Al-Hayat reports that since the failed assassination on his life and his subsequent paralysis Uday has become embittered, depressed, and easily angered. Following the murder of Asil Mansour, Uday ordered the payment of $700, an Oldsmobile car, and a fifty dollar monthly stipend to her family as compensation for her loss. The grief-stricken family was then instructed not to report the incident.
On the morning of 27 July, three armed men entered the home of Polus Younan, a 62-year-old Assyrian member of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Mr. Younan, born in Habbania, resided in the N’eriya w’Gayra section of Baghdad with his wife, Medina Shinoel, and their 16-year-old son, Mattai. Mrs Shinoel survived the attack and reported the incident to the police. She had witnessed the repeated stabbing of her husband in the back, with a large knife, until the blade of the knife protruded through Mr. Younan’s chest. Upon death, Mr. Younan was rolled into sheets by one assailant as the other two attackers turned their attention to Mrs. Shinoel. The attackers began striking her with the butt end of their rifles until most of her teeth were broken. Throughout the attack, the assailants demanded information regarding the family’s money and savings. The attackers then begin slashing Ms. Shinoel’s deaf and mute son, Mattai. They proceeded with his torture until he was consciousness at which time he was carried to and placed in a bathtub.
Yousif John Yacoub, 35, was brutally stabbed to death
on 12 April in his Baghdad home. Three Arab men, employed as guards in
a nearby school, were allegedly instructed by the school's cleaning-lady
to attack and rob Mr. Yacoub. According to Mr. Yacoub’s neighbors who witnessed
the attack, Mr. Yacoub was stabbed in the back, neck and abdomen. Mr. Yacoub
lived long enough to name his attackers and furnish the name of a nearby
relative. Neither contacting his family nor seeking medical help, the police
kept Mr. Yacoub at home for further questioning while he was bleeding uncontrollably.
When Mr. Yacoub’s relative arrives the victim's home was ransacked and
the police had removed any valuables or evidence of murder. Two weeks later,
Mr. Ameed Shurta, a high ranking police officer and member of the ruling
Ba’ath party, along with his wife and children, occupied Mr. Yacoub’s residence.
The police has since refused to return any of Mr. Yacoub’s possessions
to his family. Mr. Yacoub’s sister, a Sumerian and Akkadian scholar residing
in London, England, has requested that her family’s photo albums which
be returned to her. The police has so far refused her wishes. Mr. Yacoub’s
family believes that governmental and police personnel are accomplices
in this crime. The police have since released the cleaning-lady and claimed
that one of the attackers has escaped. The other two were reportedly held
for questioning but no recent information is available regarding their
whereabouts.
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"Thank you for publishing the moving article by Dr. Zaineb
Istrabadi. It
moved me very much and I found such an article to be
long overdue! Dr.
Istrabadi has done much to bridge the gap between Assyrians
and the
Arab/Muslim community and I wish her continued success
in all her endeavors."
Elki Issa
California
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"We are a group of active members of the Assyrian American Association of San Jose. The recent events which resulted in the resignation of the Association's president, has promoted us to write this letter. This Association being in the heart of the Silicon Valley with a large group of Assyrian professionals and business owners has tremendous resources at its disposal. Unfortunately the Executive Board of this Association one after the other have failed to utilize this resource and have occupied themselves with petty issues such as who will sing in the next party.
As soon as the members are elected to the Executive Board, they forget the mission statement of the Association. Instead of creating programs to promote and preserve the Assyrian language, culture, and heritage, most of their time and energy are spent on organizing parties and picnics. This is exactly what the Assyrian American National Federation has been doing for the last 60 years, for what purpose it was created, and what has become of it. There are no language and history classes; parties and picnics have become the main events. There are no special programs to educate our younger generation on Assyrian issues. Our young are the key to our nations' success or failure in the future. Ironically they are the most neglected.
For us the Assyrians living afar from the Middle East, having our children and teenagers to speak our language has become a daily struggle. The fear of their being drifted apart of our heritage and culture keeps many parents and nationalists awake at night. This is a very serious problem. Our nation is slowly dying in the western countries especially in the United States. All other minorities who have been able to voice their needs and struggles through the channels available to them, have been able to obtain a much higher level of national identity and economical power. Yet our Association has failed to recognize the intellectual and economical power of the Assyrians of San Jose. This economical and intellectual power would have enabled it to have formal and continuous language and history classes. Instead of relying on a group of volunteers, it would have had salaried teachers ensuring a more reliable and sustainable level of education for the younger generation.
Our Association, in neglecting the concerns and needs of all the Assyrians of San Jose, has fallen pray into the hands of a small group of Assyrians who are mainly from Iran and are in the same economical and educational class. As a result most of the activities and programs are planned to attract and please this special group. Instead of creating an atmosphere of unity, an environment of division and discrimination has been creeping in. The Association is being viewed as a club with special members. The majority of the Assyrians of San Jose do not see themselves belonging, cared for, or listened to. Surprisingly, the Association still ignores this important fact and complains why more people do not become members or help pay the mortgage of the property it purchased a couple of years ago. It is forgetting a simple principle that the bigger the number, the greater are the strength and capability.
One of the examples that proves this Association caters to this special group, is their decision to hire a Persian band to perform in the upcoming Association's New Years Eve Party. The Association's reasoning behind this decision is that the so called popularity of this Persian band will attract more people to attend the party and as a result more money will be raised. The Association has repeatedly ignored the success of the groups who have been able to raise funds through more systematic means e.g. monthly donations and has insisted on its old principle which is raising money through entertainment only. One does not need a college degree to figure out that the overhead of parties (specially New Years Eve) is around 90%, but on the other hand the overhead of donations is almost zero. Let's not forget that the main profit takers from such practices are the non-Assyrian hotels and entertainers
We believe this recent behavior of the Association's Executive Board is an insult to our national unity, culture, and language. When parties and picnics have become our only source of preserving our language and culture, hiring non-Assyrian entertainers cannot be tolerated. We believe such issues would never arise in any other minority group who share similar national problems as we do in Diaspora. This should not have been an issue to begin with. No Assyrian association should promote non-Assyrian culture- period. We would like to advise our Association's Executive Board to reverse its recent decision immediately and to present to the members their plan of action for the remainder of their term."
-Concerned Members of the Assyrian American Associatin
of San Jose
San Jose, California
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"Recently an entire two-hour Assyrian radio program in Toronto was dedicated for Mrs. Karmela Darmozade, a young Assyrian mother on the edge of life and death, suffering from extremely rare disease affecting the production of her blood cells, called 'Aplastic Anaemia'.
The Assyrian Voice of Canada Organization conducted its August 16th radio program as a 'live' telethon show while connecting listeners to the studios and Karmela in London via telephony. This regular weekly Assyrian program airs on AM 1430, from 10 PM until 12 am (midnight).
The 'live telethon', a first of its kind in Canada, brought together callers from London, Chicago, Toronto and California and helped its listeners realize how agonizing Karmela's fight for her life is and how desperate she is for our financial support.
Karmela Darmozadeh and her brother, Mr. Emil, spoke from London-England. Mr. Ashur Youlous Malek, the representative of Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party in Chicago; Mr. Ashur Shamoun, representative of Assyrian Voice of Canada Organization in Toronto; and then, Mr. George Maragoluf from San Jose, California, joined our discussions. Mrs. Karmela spoke softly in a weak and low voice, full of suffering and pain. She thanked all Assyrians and organizations who had come forward and collected money to pay for her life- saving operation.
The Assyrian Universal Alliance of Canada initiated a
fund rising. Mr.
Emmanuel Yalda, Chairman, of AUA in Canada, and Mr. Ashur
Simon Malek, non
affilated, joined in going door to door and getting donations
from our
Assyrians in Hamilton. The AUA collected $1000.00
from 56 (fifty six)
Assyrian homes for the mission called "Together we can
save Karmela", from
Aug. 19, till August 22.
On August 22 Mr. Yalda wired $904 (Canadian) to London,
and the mission
still on. A complete report of total money received
will be listed in Zenda
by next issue. The AUA of Canada have donated $100
Canadian from the total of amount received.
A high official of the Assyrian Aid Society in Canada, operated by the local branch of the Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa), was asked to contribute on behalf of the Assyrian Aid Society to Karmela Darmozadeh's Fund. His respond was that "we only help the Assyrians in north of Iraq; I can't do anything until I call our U.S. head-Office and discuss the matter."
Let it be known to all Assyrians that if the Assyrian
Aid Society in Canada
will not help I will personally take legal action and
have them charged with every criminal offenses that may be encountered
in Canada.
If any one wishes to purchase the two-hour tape of the
program, 'Karmela You
are not alone' along with a special magazine 'Together
we can save
her life', produced by The Assyrian Voice of Canada Organization,
send
your donation of $10 and up to The Assyrian Voice of
Canada at the
following address:
The Assyrian Voice of Canada Organization
C/O Mr. Ashur Shamoun
30 Elm Dr., suite 1618
Mississauga, ON L5A-4C3
Tel. (905) 279-6206 Fax (905) 279-7347
E-mail: ashour@ican.net
All donations will be forwarded to Karmela's Fund in England.
Any Zenda reader who wishes to talk on our live Assyrian
Voice of
Canada radio program, Saturday from 10 till 12 PM Toronto
time on issues related to Karmela please call (416) 864-1809 or send your
questions or opinions by faxing us at (905) 279-7347."
Ashur Simon Malek
Ontario, Canada
[For more information on all donations collected for Karmela
see:
http://www.mirage-mmc.com/karmela/core.html#donation
]
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"I am sending this note to clear up a donation figure of $10,000 to Karmela's fund that was listed in your Vol 111, #25;8/18/97 Zenda. There has been no trace of this amount as to where it has been generated from and what account has been deposited to. As of today this amount has not been deposited in Karmela's account. I had a talk with Mr. Ashour Shamoun the president of the Assyrian Voice of Canada and he confirmed that such an amount does not exist. I have personally deposited the amount of $4540.00 Canadian, raised through the Assyrian Church of the East in Canada, in Karmela's account early in July and since then we have not wired any amount into her account.
Could you please provide me with any information in regards to this amount and the possible source in order for us to follow up on it.
In the end, on behalf of Karmela and her family I would like to thank every single Sister and Brother who made donations and came through in this life saving mission. Also, just to update you, Karmela's brother Joseph will spend 3 days in hospital starting today to prepare for the Bone Marrow extract which will get done on Thursday Aug 28/1997. He will be in and out of hospital these 3 days but will be admitted for the actual procedure on thursday. Karmela's operation is scheduled on Monday September the 1st. Please keep her in your prayers.
I also wish to be a subscriber of Zenda weekly. Please let me know how I can help this newsletter financially. This is the least I can do."
Midet Yadegar
Toronto, Canada
[Ms. Yadegar is a first-cousin of Karmela Darmozadeh's
and was recently contacted by ZENDA to verify the receipt of the donations
shown in last week's issue.]
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The following is a revised schedule of educational and cultural activities at this week's Assyrian National Convention in Detroit, Michigan. For more information see: www.aanf.org
Thursday, August 28
1:00-2:30 PM
Workshop Room Assyrian Dance
Workshop
2:45-3:45 PM
Lecture Room Film: "The
Sumerian Kingdom of Ur"
Friday, August
12:00-1:00 PM Workshop
Room Assyrian Art Workshop
1:00-2:00 PM
Lecture Room A Brief History
of Assyrians
2:00-2:45 PM
Lecture Room Film: "Babylon:
The Gate of the Gods"
2:45-3:30 PM
Lecture Room New Assyrian Language
Software
3:30-4:15 PM
Lecture Room Assyrians in the
Computer Age
5:00-6:0 PM
Lecture Room The History of the
Syriac Churches and
Encounter with Muslims
6:00-7:00 PM
Lecture Room Syriac Churches
Contributions to
Christian Missions
Saturday, August 30
12:00-1:00 PM Workshop Room
Assyrian Art Workshop
1:00-2:30 PM
Workshop Room Assyrian Dance Workshop
1:00-2:30 PM
Lecture Room The Historical Influence
of Assyrian
Music in the Western Chant
2:30-3:15 pm Lecture Room
Film: "Ashurnasirpal: The Assyrian
King"
3:15-4:00 pm Lecture
Room The History of Assyrian
Law
4:00-5:00 pm Lecture
Room History of the Assyrian
Tragedies
5:00-6:00 PM
Lecture Room Assyrians
and Maronites Throughout
History
6:00-7:00 PM
Lecture Room "Assyrian National
Leadership: History
and Necessity"
Sunday, August 31
4:00-6:00 PM Lecture Room
Surfers Gathering
4:00
pm Workshop Room
Ancient Art: Station 1: Hieroglyphs
Station 2: Cylinder Seals
Station 3: Making Amulet
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SYRIA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BABYLON FESTIVAL
(ZNAF: Baghdad) Iraq said today that Syria will participate in the annual Babylon cultural festival in September for the first time, amid an improvement in Syrian-Iraqi relations. According to the official Ath-Thawra newspaper, "a major Syrian delegation" including song and dance troupes will take part in the festival which opens September 22 in the ancient city of Babylon, 90 kilometers (145 miles) south of Baghdad. Iraq has been holding the festival every year since 1987 except in 1990 and 1991 when Baghdad invaded Kuwait and was driven out by allied forces.
Syria's participation is an indication of the growing warmth between the two neighbors, which have not had diplomatic relations since 1980. Since May, the two countries have been exchanging visits by business delegations and in June re-opened their mutual border, closed in 1982. A private company has begun advertising on Iraqi television air-conditioned bus trips to Damascus for businessmen. Iraqi officials said several times in recent days during a visit here by a major Syrian trade delegation that they are determined to strengthen relations with Syria. Earlier this month, the United Nations authorized Iraq to import goods through its border with Syria.
SYRIAN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR REMOVAL ELIMINATION OF SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER
(ZNAF: Damascus) Faez Sayegh, head of the official
SANA news agency, called Wednesday for abolishing the border with neighboring
Lebanon, saying the Syrians and Lebanese were one people divided into two
countries. "We must
work to eliminate the border between Syria and Lebanon
and to quickly implement all the decisions made by the two countries,"
wrote Sayegh in an article published in Ath-Thawra Newspaper. Syria
has 35,000 troops and intelligence agents stationed throughout most of
Lebanon and is the main power broker there. "The Syrian and Lebanese parties
are convinced that we are one people in two neighboring countries, but
what has been accomplished
so far, especially in economic cooperation, remains below
our aspirations," Sayegh wrote. The article appeared the day after Syrian
Prime Minister Mahmud al-Zohbi and his Lebanese counterpart, Rafik Hariri
held economic
talks in Damascus and decided to "progressively" open
Syrian and Lebanese markets to each other's products. Syria and Lebanon
have been linked since 1991 by a "friendship and cooperation treaty," which
stipulates close political, economic and security cooperation.
IRAN'S MAJLIS APPROVES KHATAMI'S NEW CABINET
(ZNAF: Paris) The following is a list of the cabinet of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami approved by the 270-member parliament or Majlis on Wednesday:
Oil:
Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
Foreign Affairs:
Kamal Kharazi
Economy:
Hussein Namazi
Health:
Mohammad Farhadi
Defence:
Ali Shamkhani
Commerce:
Mohammad Shariatmadari
Culture and Islamic Guidance: Ataollah Mohajerani
Interior:
Abdollah Nouri
Energy:
Habibollah Bitaraf
Housing:
Ali Abdolalizadeh
Intelligence:
Qorbanali Dorri Najafabadi
Higher Education:
Mostafa Moin
Road Transport:
Mahmoud Hojjati
Communications:
Mohammad Reza Aref
Mines and Metals:
Eshaq Jahangiri
Education:
Hussein Mozafar
Construction:
Mohammad Saidi Kya
Cooperatives:
Morteza Haji
Industries:
Gholamreza Shafei
Labour:
Hussein Kamali (retained)
Agriculture:
Issa Kalantari (retained)
Justice:
Esmail Shushtari (retained)
Also, Iranian ex-foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati was
appointed international affairs advisor Thursday by the Islamic Republic's
supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Radio Tehran said. On Saturday
Mohammad Khatami, named a woman Saturday as vice president for the first
time since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Massumeh Ebtekar, 36, was
appointed vice president in charge of environmental protection, the official
IRNA news agency reported. A former journalist, specialist in immunology
and a university professor, Ebtekar is fluent in English and French and
represents
Iran in several international organizations. Married
with two boys, Ebtekar spent her first years of studies in the United States.
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Dec 11-13
British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology
1997 Annual Conference
University of Durham
United Kingdom
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Archaeology/confs/BANEA.html
Through Mar 8,1998
In the Presence of the Gods: Art from Ancient Sumer
The Smart Museum of Art
5550 South Greenwood Avenue
Chicago
Free Admission
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Sep 8
Virgin Mary (Birthday)
Sep 14
Festival of the Holy Cross
Oct 10
Dokhrana 'd Mar Elia (Elijah the Prophet)
Oct 17
Anniversary of Mar Dinkha IV's Patriarch of the Church of the East Consecration
-1976
Oct 31
Dokhrana 'd Mar Elia (of Hirta or Khirata)
Nov 1
Dokhrana 'd Mar Mikha d'Alqosh
Nov 3
Dokhrana 'd Mar Gewargis, Sahda (The Martyr)
Nov 19
Commemoration of Mar Yacoub m' Pasqa
Nov 22
Dokhrana 'd Mar Odisho d'Urmi
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Aug 26-Sep 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
Sept 12
Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church (St. Mary's) Annual Party
Entertainer: Walter Aziz
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose
$20 per person
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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
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HARVARD 1997-98 Syriac
Classes Taught by Dr. J.F. Coakley
UNIVERSITY
Elementary Syriac
Instructor: J. F. Coakley
Basic Syriac grammar and syntax with selected readings from
the Syriac Bible and other early texts.
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Readings in Syriac I
Historical and theological texts, and early poetry
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Readings in Syriac II
Special attention to exegetical texts and to reading
manuscripts.
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NORTH
Assyrian Boy Scouts
HOLLYWOOD 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
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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
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SAN JOSE Assyrian Language
Classes (Adults)
Instructor: Dr. Ashur Moradkhan
Sundays
7:00-9:00 pm
AAA of San Jose BETA
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Citizenship Classes
Instructor: Jacklin Bajan
Mondays & Tuesdays
7:00 pm
AAA of San Jose BETA
20000 Almaden Road
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Maestro Nebu Issabey's Nineveh Choir Practice
AAA of San Jose BETA
8:00 pm
Thursdays
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TORONTO Nisibis School
10:30-1:30
Saturdays
The Church of the East
Toronto, Canada
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Assyrian American National Federation
http://www.aanf.org
Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/nmc/rim
Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/nmc/rim/csmshome.html
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English Modern Assyrian
News
khoo/baa/re [P]
Reporter
tdaa/baa/baa [M]
tdaa/bab/tha [F]
____________________________________________________________________________
F = Feminine M = Masculine
P = Plural
---------------B A C K TO THE F U T U R E------------------
B.C. (724) The siege of Tyre (in Lebanon) by king
Shalmaneser of Assyrian begin and lasts for five years. During this
time, the Assyrian king blockades this port city, cuts the water supply,
and induces an inflation in the prices of basic necessities. At this
time, Tyre possessed the most powerful navy in Asia.
<< The Phoenicians & the West, Aubet >>
A.D. (1144) Zenji, the Turkish commander whose headquarters were in Mosul, in a surprise attack, seizes the city of Edessa (Urhai) from the Crusaders. The loss of Edessa was the first major disaster suffered by the Crusaders, reducing their military forces by one-fifth. Upon hearing the news of the loss of Edessa both kings of France and Germany take the cross and join the Crusades.
<< A Short History of the Arab People, Glubb
>>
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HONEY MONTH
It was the accepted practice in Babylonia 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" - or what we know today as the "honeymoon."
<< Courtesy of Pete's Wicked Ale >>
Extra, Extra...
On 18 August, Lebanon's Daily Star wrote: "The visit to Lebanon of Pope John Paul II ought to have given any emerging Christian political leadership the impetus to build a new foundation to replace the ruinous embers of the dying days of the war. It didn't and the opportunity has dimmed. But this does not preclude the young (and not so young) Christian political activists from standing up to be counted and from casting off the long-distance shackles of France-based, backward-looking bigots to assume their full share and full responsibility for helping to build a new, post-war Lebanon".
----------T H I S W E E K I N H I S T O R Y----------
August 31, 1971: The Assyrian magazine, Neesha (Goal),
is published in Sweden in Swedish, Assyrian, and Arabic.
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AssyrianVision or KBSV-TV23's now offers its daily television programs via the Internet, providing Assyrians living as far as Poland and Argentina an opportunity to keep current with the news and shows of general and special interest. This is accomplished by the use of the new video-streaming technology whereby video and audio are compressed allowing a . You need a Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 PC, or a Power Macintosh, along with either Netscape 2.0 or greater, or Microsoft's Internet Explorer v3.0. You also need sound capabilities and a monitor that displays at least 256 colors. One needs a connection to the Web at 28.8k or faster to watch the clips without interruption. The video and audio will pause from time to time even at 28.8k. AssyriaVision's Website can be accessed at:
http://www.betnahrain.org/kbsv-tv23.html
To use the video-streaming technology download the VXtreme
Interactive Plug-in and enjoy the AssyrianVision on the net during the
following hours:
Mondays - Fridays 5:00
PM - 12:00 AM PST (Pacific Standard Time)
Saturdays
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM PST
Sundays
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM PST
For more information contact AssyriaVision (209) 538-4130.
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ZNSM (Shufimafi Lebanese News)
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ZNUP (United Press International)
ZNUS (US News & World Report)
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