If you were to ask 10 different Assyrians about the population of Assyrians around the world, you would probably get 10 different varying answers. And it is likely that none of the answers would be accurate enough. And we can’t blame any of them for such a discrepancy, since there has been no worldwide effort made at [...]
A few days ago, a user on the Assyrian Voice forums shared a Youtube video that not only pumped us but put a big smile on our faces: it was of Assyrian soldiers guarding their Assyrian town in the Qamishly region. They were part of a newly formed Assyrian militia, created to guard against terrorists and [...]
By Abbey Mikha SPD is an abbreviation for words that have sensitive meaning to every individual of every land and every nation. We all at times believe that we never take part in stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; it’s not something we fundamentally believe we do, [...]
By Abbey Mikha Mental illness is a very taboo subject in the Assyrian community and always has been even in the days when our great grandparents lived in towns and villages. How many Assyrians have been diagnosed with mental illness in the past ten years [...]
By Abbey Mikha Assyrians care about peoples from other cultures and they sympathize with their struggle! I wrote this essay a few years ago for Slavery class. I encourage all of you to read it. Although it is not about Assyrians we can still learn from what [...]
Best Use for Degraded Lands in Western India Project Think of the following essay in relation to our homeland. We have water shortage in Iraq as well and in all our villages, like for example in Bartella. Our people need help as the people of India [...]
By Abbey Mikha Shlama al Omti! I hope you are all having a great summer and doing things you love! Yesterday I was just sitting there alone at home and I remembered my mom’s town in Jilu Hakkari called Zerineh. I had some time and made a YouTube video with the song Zerineh by [...]
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 [...]