By: Ashur Sada They say the general life-span of an Assyrian TV channel is relatively short. They either change their frequency, become less frequent in their broadcasting or just disappear and never to be heard from again. We understand the reasons and rational behind this unfortunate fact: it is usually funding-related (or lack there of!) [...]
By: Ashur Sada As the year draws to a close, it is time to reflect back on the past 12 months and attempt to make sense of what happened. Assyriangly Speaking that is! We thought, like we have done in previous years, it would be cool to come up with a top 10 list of [...]
Kurdish officials in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq have been proudly saying for years how safe and progressive their region is. To a certain extent, especially when compared to the rest of Iraq, that was true. But that all came to an abrupt end last week. That is when Kurdish Islamists-incited and fueled by [...]
By: Ashur Sada With Halloween almost at our door steps, as Assyrians, we have another painful and scary anniversary quickly approaching. In fact it falls on Halloween day too: the horrible ‘Lady of Salvation’ church massacre in Baghdad which claimed the lives of over 50 Assyrian Christians, including women, children, priests and entire families. And [...]
Christians of Iraq And “Nineveh Plain” Conspiracy Ashur Giwargis – Beirut Annahar Lebanese Newspaper: 25/09/2011 Assyrians today are considered the indigenous cultural group in what is known as Iraq. Throughout their history, they have been subjected to different kinds of national and religious persecution since the fall of their political entity in 612 BC. Their [...]
Remembering the Aboriginal Peoples who once roamed Canada. Wisdom from other ancient peoples….. By Abbey Mikha Harmony manifested within the Aboriginal peoples spirituality and spirituality was intertwined with every aspect of their being. Harmony was therefore omnipresent in the Aboriginal way of life. The ancient Aboriginal peoples understood that to be in harmony with all [...]
Ashur Giwargis – Beirut English Translation by Donis Ishaia – Syria 12/09/2011 Note: in the article hereinafter the reader may find phrases that do not appeal to them, like “changing the church”, whereby we do not mean any hatred towards our Chaldean Church, but it was used just to restrict debaters before [...]
By: Ashur Sada History can speak for itself but sometimes it needs more than that to stay alive and relevant. Assyrian history is rich, deep and popular enough to survive on its own but efforts by current historians, archaeologists and Assyriologists are still needed to explore, understand and appreciate its value even more. Having said [...]
By Ashur Sada (Founder and webmaster of Assyrian Voice) -Hello and thanks for letting us do this interview with you. Can you please briefly introduce yourself and what you do? Thank you! The pleasure is all mine! My name is Diane Pathieu, I am currently, an Anchor/Reporter for the NBC affiliate WTMJ TV, in [...]
By: Ashur Sada She is barely 25 years old, and she can already rest assured that her name will forever be part of a precious short list of Assyrian sports legends. She is Leena Khamis, an Assyrian soccer player who helped Australia reach the quarter finals of the 2011 FIFA Women Football World Cup in [...]