In August of 1933, the Simele Massacre would become the first of many massacres committed by the Iraqi government against the Assyrians of Northern Iraq. The systemic targeting of this Christian nation rapidly extended throughout 63 Assyrian villages in the Dohuk and Mosul districts resulting in the deaths of 3,000 Assyrians. The Simele Massacre would [...]
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Rosie Malek-Yonan, author of "The Crimson Field", the story of the massacre of Assyrian Christians a century ago, weighs in on whether history is repeating itself.
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Assyrian activist, Ms. Rosie Malek-Yonan, and religious leaders of various faiths were invited to attend a conference at the Simon Wiesenthal Center to call attention to the extermination of Assyrian Christians in Iraq.
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Even though Assyrians are the indigenous people of today's Iraq, having been there long before the creation of Iraq and the birth of Christianity, they are treated as outsiders and are being forced to leave their homeland. This peaceful nation has been turned into a "hostage nation" with no one negotiating a release.
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What will you do if a loved one is kidnapped? To what extreme will you go to see them returned safely?
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Akitu, is the Assyrian New Year Festival. In Assyrian it is also called Kha b’Neesan which translates into “the first day of Spring.” The Akitu Festival began with the Sumerians. The word Akitu means “barley” in Akkadian. The Sumerian calendar had two festivals one in the Autumn beginning in the month of Tashritu in celebration of the “sowing of [...]
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With the onset of the 2004 US-led invasion of Iraq, the ancient Assyrian Christian community was at once under attack. An early sign of violence against the Assyrians was the bombing of the Holy Spirit Church in Mosul on 26 June 2004. To date, 65 churches have been attacked or bombed; 40 in Baghdad, 19 [...]
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Assyrian International News Agency Guest Editorial by Rosie Malek-Yonan 24 January 2010 Los Angeles (AINA) — The State University of New York, also known as SUNY, is the largest university system in the United States. With sixty-four campuses, it can be traced back to 1816. Four Ivy League State University of New York colleges, which [...]
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“I am an Assyrian. That is not negotiable. I may not have a country with boundaries, but my country is in me. My country is in my soul and in my heart. I am Assyria.” from Rosie Malek-Yonan’s THE CRIMSON FIELD YouTube Video