The Assyrian activist Yakdan Nissan in Canada has released his translation of two books of the well known Assyrian author, the late Qasha Shmuel Bet Kulya, from its Assyrian original to Arabic; Qasha Sliwa descended to heaven We will interpret the holy books In this interview Yakdan tells about the reason he chose those two books […]
Syrien: – Gårdagens explosion i Kameshli var sannolikt en ljudbomb eller avsedd åt ett mindre mål som en förbipasserande bil. – Det kurdiska PYD-styret har idag samlats i Rmelan för att bestämma sitt krav på federalism, dess namn, flagga, ed etc. – Turkiet bygger en mur på gränsen till Syrien för att skärma av kurderna […]
Mr. Yonadam Kanna, Assyrian MP in Iraqi Parliament and the Secretary General of Zowaa, comments the decision of the Parliament in Baghdad of September 26 to refuse that the current Ninewa province be divided into several provinces. The decision is more a political message by Arab nationalists than a constitutional step. These nationalists are trying […]
Assyriska Kvinnoförbundet arrangerar en internationell konferens i EU-parlamentet för att uppmärksamma assyriska kvinnors dubbla utsatthet i Syrien och Irak. Nursel Awrohum – ordförande i Assyriska kvinnoförbundet i Sverige intervjuas för att berätta om konferensen som äger rum den 29 september.
In february 2015 the Assyrian Khabour area was attacked by the Islamic State (IS) terrorists. The IS attack was a reply to a deliberate provocation from the kurdish YPG militia. The 35 Assyrian villages located along the Khabour river were emptied after the attack. A couple of days later the IS kidnapped and held hundreds […]
Mr. Gabriel Moushe, the leader of Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO) comments the latest statement of the High Commission of Negotiations within the Syrian opposition, where the Assyrians are not mentioned at all and where the future of Syria is said to lay on Muslim-Arabic foundation. This was stated in a meeting in London September 7 […]
Ninos Hanna, an Assyrian from Boston has recently released his debut novel entitled ”Life of Legacy”. It is a story about Aiden Blair, a half Assyrian, half Irish guy born and raised in US, who is determined to become a legend in Hollywood. Initially Aiden tries hiding his Assyrian identity in favor of a career […]
Centerpartiets ledare Annie Lööf besökte på onsdagen Södertälje, däribland kvinnoföreningen Iqoro vid St Jacobs katedral, Grekiska kolgrillens huvudkontor och Assyriska FFs match mot Ljungskile där hon delade ut matchbollen. Lööf var inbjuden av Centerpartiet i Södertälje där assyriska lokalpolitiker är aktiva i partiet och vill visa assyriernas framgångsrika företagsamhet och integration i Sverige.
Robert Shamoun, representative of the Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa) to Scandinavia and Jamil Diarbakerli from Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights discuss the issue of different names within the Assyrian community when applying for the new identity card in Iraq. They also reply to the accusations of the Syrian Orthodox bishop Touma Dawud in London against MP Yonadam Kanna in a […]
For the second year the MC Club Assyrian Riders Sweden arranged a ride from Stockholm to Södertälje, in order to commemorate the Assyrian martyrs of Seyfo 1915 and the ongoing genocide. Even Swedish Christian MC riders, among them reverent Mats Hedenby, participated even this year, showing their solidarity with the Assyrian people. ”You have the […]
Tre svensk-assyriska modiga och självständiga tjejer, Sharrat Cherry 16 år, Esagila Cherry 17 år och Lebin Yousif 15 år tar sig an viktiga och existentiella frågor som ungdomar ställer sig när man växer upp mellan två kulturer och identiteter i Sverige. Vad svarar man när frågan om vem jag är dyker upp i tonåren? Vem […]
Irak: Efter protester kommer det nya ID-kortet sannolikt att innehålla även assyriernas olika benämningar som alternativ i ansökan. I samband med diskussionen om detta har nu röster höjts för att även inkludera namnet Suryani både i ID-kortet och i konstitutionen. Patriark Afrem II Karim krävde detta av Iraks talman vid sitt besök i Bagdad i […]
His excellence the Syrian Orthodox bishop of Gozarto, Syria, Maurice Amsih is visiting Sweden. Assyria TV asked him for an interview to tell about the current situation in Gozarto. Despite the difficulties of the war he is hopeful about a better life for the Assyrians and other inhabitants. He says the solution seems to come soon […]
Yesterday, on the eve of the Holy Cross day, the congregation of St. Jacob of Nsibin Cathedral in Södertälje, Sweden, celebrated the event with a rich program reciting hymns and burning fire. The festivities were led by his excellence Mor Yulius Ablahad Shabo, head of the Syrian Orthodox diocese of Scandinavia.
Rev. Emanuel Youkhana of the Assyrian Church of the East in Nohadra is the establisher of the Assyrian Aid organization CAPNI (Christen Aid Program Nohadra – Iraq). Since 1993 CAPNI has been working in the service of the Assyrian Nation as a Christian, but not a church affiliated organization. After the tragic events of the […]
Malfono Isa Garis, som tjänstgör vid klostret Mor Gabriel i Turabdin sedan 1962, delar här med sig av sin erfarenhet av assyriernas tilltänkta ådervändning som kom av sig, om svårigheterna kring registreringen av kyrkor, kloster och mark, om konfiskeringen av klostret Mor Augins bördiga jordbruksmark av kurdiska klaner som tillhör HDP eller PKK, om PKK:s […]
Författaren Kemal Yalcin, som förra året gav ut Seyfo-trilogin ”Süyaniler ve Seyfo” föreläste den gångna helgen i Göteborg och Södertälje för att berätta om sitt engagemang för Seyfo. Här är en inspelning från föreläsningen i Södertälje söndagen den 11 september 2016. Yalcin var inbjuden av assyriska organisationer.
Den 30 augusti 2016 avled den assyriska aktivisten/politikern Kenan Kerimo. Idag har han begravts efter en ceremoni i S:t Jacob Katedralen i Södertälje
Zalgai Aho, daughter to late malfono Ninos Aho, recently moved from USA to Sweden. In this program she tells about the reason why she changed residence. She prefers to live in a country where there is a higher level of national activities and a deeper sense of community. She works at the Assyrian Elaf school in […]
