I much appreciated Nuri Kino’s guest editorial appearing in the May 6, 2006 issue of Zinda Magazine, and his perceptive comments about Kurdish selective amnesia. Nuri draws from personal encounters in Sweden (where he currently lives), and other exchanges in the course of his travels to Hasno Kifo (Hasankeyf, in Tur Abdin) the home of his ancestors. Weiterlesen
LONDON – The evening of the 24 January 2006 was orientated on a „Forgotten Genocide“, however it was an unforgettable experience for the Assyrian community in London. Weiterlesen
The second of the ‚inter-religions dialogue‘ meetings, after the first one held in Harran, Urfa four years ago, took place in Mardin. The opening of the second meeting, entitled, „Inter-Cultural Dialogue/Mardin Meeting,“ was held in Kasimiyye Madrasah, Mardin and ended with a tour of Mardin city center, Midyat and Nusaybin. The symposium session of the meeting continues today and tomorrow in Istanbul. Weiterlesen
The second International Symposium of Religions and Peace in the Light of the Common Ancestor (Abraham) (Harran Meetings), organized by Intercultural Dialogue Platform of Journalists and Authors Foundation (JAF), begins in Mardin today. Weiterlesen
The Chaldean Syriac Assyrian General Conference was held in Baghdad in the period of 22-24 October, 2003 under the motto of “Our Unity and Our National and Patriotic Rights in Iraq”. The Conference was held under the patronage of Dr. Ayad Alawi, the rotating interim President of the Iraqi Governing Council, with the presence of Mr. Younadam Kanna the representative of our people in the Iraqi Governing Council and the representative for Mr. Paul Bremer, Head of Civil Administration in Iraq as well as representatives of various national Iraqi parties. The Conference was also attended by representatives our people’s political parties and organizations and its religious, civic and cultural institutions throughout Iraq. Delegates from Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and the Diaspora (Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) were also in attendance. Weiterlesen
9. Dezember 2002:
Heute morgen hat Präsident George W. Bush in einer Mitteilung an den Staatssekretär Colin Powell und den US-Verteidigungsminister Donald Rumsfeld die Assyrische Demokratische Bewegung (ADM) und vier weitere irakische oppositionelle Gruppen zu den „Demokratischen Oppositionsorganisationen“ gemäß dem Befreiungsgesetzes des Iraks von 1998 anernannt. Dieser Präsidentenbeschluss gewährt jeder der fünf Gruppen sowohl finanzielle als auch materiellen Unterstützung von Seiten der US-Regierung. Weiterlesen