Zowaa – Erbil A continuation of the April festivals (Akito 6760) the Syriac Education in Erbil organized, and under the direction of the Minister of Education of KRG Mr. Safien Mohsen Dzeyeom, on Sunday April 18th, 2010 at Shlama School hall in Ankawa (the fifth Festival of the Syriac Schools) in the presence of a wide range of officials, educators and presidents of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) of Syriac schools in Erbil including (Ankawa – Shaqlawa … Read entire article »

Zowaa – Erbil Mr. Salim Kako: head of the Al-Rafidain List in the KRG Parliament of Iraq and Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee in the parliament, met on Wednesday February 17, 2010 in Erbil, the French delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture in the French government. The French delegation included the French Regional Council of Agricultural Affairs in the Middle East and Turkey, and the Consul of the French Trading Consulate General in Erbil, … Read entire article »

Zowaa – Erbil On the occasion of Christmas and New Year’s, Mr. Younadam Kanna: Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and member of the Iraqi Parliament, met with a number of our church leaders and dignitaries of our communities in Erbil. During these visits, Mr. Kanna was accompanied by Mr. Nizar Hanna: Erbil Branch Director of the Movement and a number of members of the branch. Mr. Kanna met with His Eminence Archbishop Rubban Al-Quas, pastor of the Chaldean Church of Erbil at his residence in Ankawa, and His Eminence Archbishop Mar Korkis Sliwa: Deputy to the Patriarchal Church of the Assyrian Church of the East in Iraq, at his residence in the St. John the Baptist (Mar Youkhanna ) in Ankawa. During the exchange of greetings on these occasions and the … Read entire article »

Zowaa – Erbil The Media division of the Erbil Branch of the Assyrian Democratic Movement in collaboration with the Erbil Office of Ashur Satellite TV, organized a gala evening on Thursday October 29th, 2009 on the occasion of celebrating the anniversary of the Syriac Press, which is celebrated on the first of November of each year which is the date of the first newspaper in Syriac (Zahriri d’Bahra) in 1849 in the city of Urmia in … Read entire article »

Zowaa – Erbil A delegation from the Erbil Branch of the Assyrian Democratic Movement attended on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 the opening ceremony of the Syriac Cultural and Arts Directorate in Ankawa / Erbil. This delegation included, Mr. Nizar Hanna, Erbil Branch Director, Mr. Sargon Hozaya and Mr. Shlemon Dawod members of Erbil Branch Committee and a number of cadres from the Branch. The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Falak al-Din Kakehi, Minister of Culture in … Read entire article »

ZOWAA – ARBIL On Tuesday September 23rd, 2009; Arbil Branch of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, hosted in its Ankawa Headquarters  the archaeologist and academic researcher Nineb Lamaso, and expatriate who is visiting the country at the present time. During the meeting, Mr. Lamaso gave a valuable lecture supported by photographs taken during an excavation tour, which took place recently, with an archaeological team in the region of Hakkari in southern Turkey. This lecture highlighted the remnants of … Read entire article »