Written by Thamer ~ After our brothers in the Movement have completed their Summit Conference in Baghdad successfully, during some unstable conditions in all respects; first I wish to congratulate the participants and the winners of the election of the Central Committee and the Secretary-General of the Movement. The talk about the sacrifices of the Movement and its struggle and stance would not be covered by an article of a page or two. It is a history of sacrifices that includes many stages of pitfalls that have caused some lapses, but what gives hope is the rational that has always been a companion to the Movement’s work and this rational caused sustainability in its journey and gained the Movement a continuous support of our people. So the innovation in its work ethics … Read entire article »

Akad Murad – Ankawa On Sunday July 4, 2010 a training session for teachers in Syriac language started in Armouta under the supervision of Syriac Education Department at the KRG Ministry of Education. The session was organized after noticing a great need for training Syriac education teachers in the district of Koy. Teacher will be trained extensively on the Syriac Alpha-Bets, Daily conversation in Syriac, and grammar. The session will be taught by Mr. Seleem Mansour, … Read entire article »

Assyrian National Council of Illinois welcomes the Seyfo Center for Assyrian Genocide lecturer Sabri Atman. … Read entire article »

Shlemon Dawod Oraham Clearly there is a difference in the dealing of most institutions in Iraq with the various aspects of life from what the situation was prior to the change of regime in the country in 2003 and what has resulted then after. Church in Iraq, for example, used to be concerned only with spiritual studies, offering guidance to the faithful followers and celebrating religious events in addition to establishing different social, educational and religious institutions to work with various church affairs and issues according to the Synods of each church denomination. At the same time fulfilling duties and responsibilities of the church without getting a tad bit close to politics, governance and the issue of nationalism, which was consistent with the political situation and the totalitarian system of government, … Read entire article »

Younan Hozaya It is certain by now the date of the next parliamentary elections in Iraq, and most pundit s agree on the importance of these elections – to some people – to the point of being decisive, whether we agreed on this point or not. We all agree that these elections are very important, they will draw a new map of the new forces and will place certain entities in the right place – in our view – to be the closest to the truth, and that is when there are equally acceptable transparency and integrity. Should I participate? Whom should I vote for? For our Chaldean Syriac Assyrian people, this issue is important and in fact very important, and there are several questions that are raised by the voters, … Read entire article »

Yousef Shikwana No one doubts the importance of the upcoming Iraqi elections that will determine the members of the Iraqi Parliament for the next four years and in respect to the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian people these elections are of most important, especially in this phase that will determine many national and domestic issues. Looking back on the previous elections and their results that the country is suffering from, almost all the Iraqis agree on that what is happening today, is caused by the voter, that applied standards based on the wrong choices in such a process; so the voter voted on the basis of sectarianism, nationalism and tribalism, without taking into consideration the national interest and elect the right person to do so. Therefore we are still paying the … Read entire article »

Younan Hozaya This Sunday was special, because it was the third day of Christmas; we attended the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of Mar Putros Church in Ankawa, or say that we welcomed the participants, for the church being next-door to our home. We heard words fraught with feelings of love, hope and noble values from His Eminence the master of ceremony, as well as we sang hymns with the crowd, the Syriac hymn “Emmar le Eta” “Where to build my church”, it holds all the elements of splendor, from its simple words, to its nice tune in addition to its great theological dimensions, since Mar Putros Church … yes, yes, shall be built on the stone… In the afternoon, our attention was on the Special Program that was broadcasted on Ashur … Read entire article »

Caesar Hozaya With time running fast in the Diaspora and furiously erasing days from our lives, and leaves fall from our trees, and we stop in the face of all these transitions; helplessly folding another page, and another year goes by, and we hang our hopes on those trees that are planted by our brothers in the soil of our land… our home… trees that grew very tall and proud… trees that are protecting our sons, our brothers from strange and mighty winds… 2009 went by quietly, at least, at the national level, there were only some passing clouds here and there that afflicted its clarity… but it was a special year for the biggest political institution in our  modern history and its thirtieth anniversary… congratulations for its ongoing struggle that is … Read entire article »