The news of the vandalizing of the Assyrian monument in Sydney, Australia has set a huge wave of criticism and outrage from lots of Assyrians and non-Assyrians. But is anyone surprised? as many have stated, it was only a matter of time before this was to happen. And it did, less than a month after [...]
The Vandalizing of the Assyrian Monument in Sydney is a Testament to its Global Significance
September 2nd, 2010The Shameful Lack of an Assyrian Community Center in Toronto and what to Do about it
August 29th, 2010I don’t have an exact official figure but in talking to church officials, various other organization members and seeing the big wave of new Assyrians arriving in Toronto lately, there must be at least 10 to 15,000 Assyrians living here in Toronto. The good news, we finally have an official and a beautiful big church [...]
The Unveiling of the Genocide Monument in Australia: More about the Living than the Fallen
August 9th, 2010The unveiling of the Assyrian Genocide Monument in Australia was one of the best tributes that our people have ever dedicated to all our ancestors who fell victims to some of the worst atrocities that humanities has seen in the last 100 years. Despite facing challenge after challenge, obstacle after obstacle, the people behind this [...]
Assyrians and the G20: Should we have Been part of it?
June 27th, 2010They say ‘any publicity is good publicity’ but I beg to differ! The G20, the meeting of the world’s 8 developed and industrialized nations, as well as other emerging and developing nations, was held in Toronto this weekend (June 26,27) and it hasn’t been pretty! As is the case with these G8 and G20 meetings, [...]
An Assyrian is Shaking Canada and its Government
April 19th, 2010If you live in Canada, even if in the extreme remote North, chances are you will have heard of the name “Helena Guergis” lately, the former Minister of State (Status of Women.) She has been in the news lately, for both her questionable behaviour, and the subsequent and surprising booting that she got from the [...]
Purging of Assyrian Votes in the Iraqi Election may be Part of a Bigger Plot
March 14th, 2010It has been exactly one week since I voted in the Iraqi elections here in Toronto, Canada – as part of the out of country voting – and the ink is still visible on my finger. It is as if to remind us that the election wasn’t just a one time casting of a ballot, [...]
The Iraqi Elections have Come and Gone. What did Assyrians do?
March 12th, 2010As I write this, it has been exactly one week since the first day of ‘Out-of-Country’ voting started for Assyrians abroad. We have only gotten few figures of how many of our people voted and for whom. If these numbers are any indication, looks like more people outside of Iraq voted this time. This is [...]
Could iTunes Finally Save and Resurrect Assyrian Music?
January 29th, 2010The new Gaggi 2010 album “Sahdan” is out, and it is great. Oh, and I got it through iTunes! Yes, Assyrian music is slowly but finally making the digital jump and embracing these technologies. Although Walter Aziz, Linda George and few others already had some of their music on iTunes and Amazon MP3 service, people [...]
الآشوريين والانتخابات العراقية المقبلة
January 20th, 2010اخواني وأخواتي الأعزاء : يجب على كل واحد منا ان يدلي بصوته في الانتخابات العراقية القادمة، الأحد السابع من آذار ٢٠١٠. ان هذه الانتخابات ذو اهمية كبيرة للشعب الآشوري و مصيره في ارضه و ارض أجداده، العراق. لقد حان الوقت لكي يكون للآشوريين حصة و جزٍء من الارث العراقي الجديد. نحن هم اصحاب الارض الاصليين [...]