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A Weekly Online Publication of the ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency
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T H I S W E E K I N Z E N D A
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The Lighthouse...................... William Daniel
Good Morning Bet-Nahrain............ Assassination of
a Kurdish Leader
UN Support to be delayed
Surfs Up............................ "difficult to view
this approach"
Surfers Corner...................... Free Assyrian Font
Card Babylon
Contacts Needed in Finland
Third Habbaniya Re-Union
News Digest......................... More Nineveh Fragments
Found
NEC Meeting in Chicago
Ziggurat............................ 1600th Anniversary
of Mar Gabriel
Calendar of Events.................. NEC Meeting in Chicago
David Yonan's Concert
Neesan Games in Germany
Entracte............................ Kha b'Neesan Parade
in Chicago
Intelligentsia...................... Classes and Seminars
Assyrian Surfing Posts.............. Assyrian Info Medium
Exchange
Pump up the Volume.................. Citizen & Native
Back to the Future.................. Ashurbanipal's Campaign
to Egypt
(As)syrian Protestant College of Beirut
Literatus........................... William Daniel's
The Prophecy
This Week in History................ William Daniel's
Birthday
Bravo............................... Assyrian Academic
Society of Chicago
The Directory....................... News Sources
Bshena.............................. Melbourne, Sun,
& Fujitsu
Salute.............................. Ramin, Albert, Gabrial,
Esha
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THE L I G H
T H O U S E
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WILLIAM S. D. Daniel
1903-1988
William D. S. Daniel was born on March 17, 1903 in Urmi,
Iran. He was the
son of Hakim David S. Daniel, a prominent doctor and
a patriotic Assyrian
who was instrumental in saving the Assyrian villagers
of Gogtapa from the
Kurdish siege during the First World War, and went as
far as giving his
life to serve his fellow Assyrians who had become refugees
and had fallen
victim to sickness and disease.
He finished his primary education in missionary schools
established for the
Assyrians in Urmi where he studied the Assyrian language
alongside regular
courses. After the war William came to Hamadan
and began studying music.
Even though he was in his late teens, he excelled in
playing violin under
an Armenian master. Soon he was ready to move on,
and went to Europe in
early thirties to pursue his musical education.
There he studied in the
conservatory of music in Basil, Switzerland and became
an accomplished
classical violinist, playing in symphonic orchestras
in France and
Switzerland.
While in Europe, he continued to study the Assyrian language
on his own and
took to translating the French masterpiece "Cyrano De
Bergerac" from French
to Assyrian, translating French verses into Assyrian
verses.
William returned to Iran in 1937, and after a few years
settled in Hamadan
and became the music instructor in Pahlavi High School.
He held numerous
concerts for the benefit of the school and the Assyrian
community there.
He later came to Tehran, where he turned his attention
to composing
original Assyrian music. In 1943, when the Assyrians
in Tehran were
allowed to have a weekly program on the national radio,
William wrote songs
that would be broadcast weekly on the radio. Moreover,
William organized a
choir, numerous plays and concerts, and taught classes
in the Assyrian
language and literature.
In Tehran he started work on his lifelong ambition, writing
the Assyrian
Epic of "Kateeny the Great" in verse. This vernacular
tale of greatness,
passed on from one generation to the other by the Assyrian
mountaineers of
Hakkiari, had been recounted to him earlier during his
years in Urmi and
later in Tehran. He completed the first volume
of the epic and also wrote
an Assyrian book of verse for children titled "Rameena
the Naughty". Both
of these books were published in 1961 by the Assyrian
Youth and Cultural
Society of Tehran. He also published his first
book of songs called "the
Rays of Light".
William moved to the United States in 1952 and settled
in Chicago. There
he continued to teach the Assyrian language, wrote music,
organized plays
and choirs, wrote articles for Assyrian magazines and
gave lectures at
various functions. He was the editor of the periodical
"Mhadyana" in the
1960's. In 1970, his musical piece, "Juvenile Suite",
won the Beblis
award. In Chicago he published:
• The second volume
of the Assyrian Epic of "Kateeny the Great", entirely
handwritten by the author (published in 1974).
• "William Daniel's
Creations" a comprehensive collection of his Assyrian
songs. This book is all handwritten including the
musical notations
(published in 1978).
• A bilingual treatise
titled "Assyrians of Today, Their Problems and a
Solution" written in both Assyrian and English.
The Assyrian section was
entirely handwritten by the author (published in
1969).
• "Kismat", a bilingual
play in Assyrian and English depicting the widening
generation gap between the Assyrian youth born in this
country and their
parents born in the Middle East (written in 1967,
published in San Jose in
1988)
William came to San Jose in 1979 and lived there until
his passing in 1988.
During his years in San Jose, William served as
the Editor of the Assyrian
Star magazine, wrote numerous articles, poems, and musical
pieces. In
1983, he published the third and last volume of the epic
of "Kateeny the
Great", immortalizing it in a compilation of over 7,000
verses, and
narrated Volume I and II of the Epic on tape. He
also taught Assyrian
language and literature classes, organized a choir group,
and was a regular
guest speaker and dignitary at Assyrian functions.
In 1992, his students in San Jose honored him posthumously
by collecting
his previously unpublished poems in Assyrian and English
in an illustrated,
full color book titled "Tapestry", which was published
by the Assyrian
American Association of San Jose.
The Valley is also the eternal resting place of one of
the most prominent
Assyrian personalities of this era; Mr. William Daniel,
who lived in San
Jose from 1979 until his passing in 1988. Mr. Daniel
is one of the
greatest Assyrian musicians and poets of our time. A
master violinist,
trained in Symphony Orchestras in Switzerland, Mr. Daniel
also wrote
authentic Assyrian songs and music. His collection
of songs, titled
"William Daniel's Creations" has elevated Assyrian folk
music to an
unprecedented level of artistry and sophistication.
He also taught
Assyrian language and literature classes, organized a
choir group, and was
a regular guest speaker and dignitary at Assyrian functions.
William Daniel's main literary and artistic works are:
1. His eternal masterpiece,
the Assyrian epic of "Kateeny the Great", is
one of the finest literary works of the modern Assyrian
language. He
immortalized this vernacular tale of greatness, passed
on from one
generation to the other by the Assyrian mountaineers
of the Hakkiari
region, in three volumes which comprise over 7,000 verses.
The second
volume was entirely handwritten by the author.
2. Two sets of five tapes
in total, in which the author himself narrates
Volume I and II of the Epic of "Kateeny the Great".
3. A bilingual treatise
titled Assyrians of today, their problems and a
solution written in both Assyrian and English.
The Assyrian section was
entirely handwritten by the author.
4. A book of children's
adventures written in verse titled "Rameena the
Naughty".
5. "Kismat", a bilingual
play depicting the widening generation gap between
the Assyrian youth born in this country and their parents
born in the
Middle East.
6. A book of songs titled
"William Daniel's Creations", embellishing
Assyrian folk music with unparalleled sophisticated beauty
and artistry.
which contains the songs he composed for the weekly Assyrian
radio program
in Tehran, Iran in 1943. This book is all handwritten
including the
musical notations.
7. "Tapestry", a collection
of his previously unpublished poems in Assyrian
and English. This book, produced in full color,
was published posthumously
by his students in San Jose.
8. Four records which contain
nineteen of his songs, some of them performed
by the artist himself playing the violin.
William was a talented musician even though he started
studying music late
in his teens, he went to Europe to pursue his musical
education and became
an accomplished classical violinist, playing in symphonic
orchestras of
France and Switzerland.
Adapted from The 1995 Assyrian Directory of California
Grafeex
San Jose, California
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G O O D
M O R N I N G B
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A KURDISH LEADER ASSASSINATED,
KDP ACCUSES ANOTHER KUDISH GROUP
(ZNUP: London) The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) withdrew
from an
all-Kurdish meeting last week after the assassination
of one of its
leaders, Muhyeddin Rahim, by a car-bomb in northern Iraq.
A statement
issued by KDP notes that "preliminary investigations
point to the fact that
the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is behind this act of
terror." The
statement referred to its main rival in the Kurdish autonomous
zone of
northern Iraq. The PUK rejected the accusation last week.
In 1994-96 the
two groups fought a sporadic war for control of the zone
until the United
States brokered a cease-fire in October. The car-bomb
exploded as
representatives of the KDP and PUK and the zone's Turkoman
minority were
meeting in the Turkish capital, Ankara, for talks to
consolidate their
cease-fire accord. The meeting was attended by U.S.,
British and Turkish
delegates. There were no indication as to whether there
were any members of
the Assyrian political parties present at this meeting.
The KDP said the
car-bombers had been arrested and had confessed to working
for the PUK. The
PUK office in London condemned the KDP accusation.
DELAY IN UN HUMANITARIAN AID
(ZNRU: United Nations) The United Nations said
last week that it was
unlikely that all humanitarian goods would be distributed
to the Iraqi
people within the six-month period alloted under the
so-called oil-for-food
plan. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a draft report
prepared for the
Security Council, said because of delays in getting food,
medicine and
other supplies to Iraq, it was too soon to analyze the
impact of the
program. At issue is a deal that allows Iraq to sell
$2 billion worth
of oil over six months to buy humanitarian goods for
its people in order to
ease the impact of stringent sanctions. About a third
of the revenues would
go to victims of the Kuwaiti invasion and to help defray
U.N. costs. Iraq
has been under the embargoes since August 1990 when Baghdad's
troops
invaded Kuwait. The oil-for-food plan went into effect
December 10 but no
goods have arrived yet. U.N. officials and diplomats
have blamed the delay
on U.N. staff as well as the Security Council's committee.
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"I just started reading this week's ZENDA. As I was reading
the first
article, "THE NAMELESS GATES OF GODS", I remembered my
first visit in
Pergammon Museum. That was after the "turn" -Die Wende-
before the
unification of Germany; Berlin's wall was still there,
so I had to pass it
for the first time. Getting out of the metro, in "Friedrichstrasse",
I
thought, I'm now in the DDR. I was afraid and I was excited.
Walking
through East Berlin's streets, I was thinking about my
history, I will see
my fore-fathers' works, I thought. I went in the museum.
I went through the
Ishtar Gate, I turned back, I'm standing in front of
this gate, I made it!!
I can't describe my feelings at that moment; I can just
say it was great,
walking in the Processional Way I thought of our New
Year ceremonies and
was proud being there. For a second I forgot were I am.
I wanted to talk to
people in Assyrian, then I opened my ears and heard German!!
No I am not in
Babylon; this is Berlin- indeed it is East-Berlin! I
was disappointed! I
came back home, far away from home!! I feel this
way every time I go to
the Museum, I am disappointed and happy at the same time.
What does
Ziggurat mean? I couldn't find it in my dictionary. That
was a very nice
article- thanks Wilfred..."
Adrin Takhsh
Berlin, Germany
[Adrin Takhsh is a PhD-candidate at the Free University
of Berlin and has
previously contributed to our international sections.
Sumerians who were
the first people in Mesopotamia to construct the great
Ziggurats of
Bet-Nahrain called these structures ESH meaning "supreme"
or "most high."
Ziggurat or "zukiratu" as the structure was originally
called is an
Akkadian (Babylonian) name for ESH, meaning a "tube or
structure of divine
spirit." It can also mean "a source of fire or
heat" much like our modern
space launch pads or missile silos.]
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"Zenda (Vol. III, #4) features an item from 'the Assyrian
International
News Agency or AINA, a Chicago-based group'. We
have become accustomed to
(and jaded by) the overnight emergence of so-called 'international
news
groups', 'patriotic fronts', and other self-described
wunderkind. It is
common for such 'figures' and 'organs' to claim expertise
or even academic
degrees they haven't got. The propellers of AINA are
unknown to the rest of
us, but hopefully Zenda has verified their identity.
The AINA 'news story' is supposed to be an update on the
slaying of two
Assyrians in Shaqlawa. We surely all agree that these
killings were tragic,
but even when reporting tragedy, journalist are obligated
to inform rather
than to inflame. There are already lots of other places
where Assyrians can
read cliches and rhetoric.
In the first place, the AINA account is slapdash and muddled.
For example,
was Mohamed Babakir (the Kurd) killed by Lazar Matti
(the Assyrian) because
the former had 'kidnapped' the latter’s daughter?
Based on AINA’s comment
that 'the families had met years ago and resolved the
matter,' it would
seem that the 'kidnapping' occurred several years before,
hence was
unrelated to the more recent slaying of the Kurd. If
so, what is the
relevance of 'the kidnapping'?
Even if the factual presentation were clearer, AINA’s
reliance on tired
cliches disabuses us of any illusion about serious journalism.
For
example, it is stated that Babakir (the Kurd) 'was the
kidnapper of the
daughter of Lazar Matti, the Assyrian'. Since none of
the details are
related, we cannot say whether this was a forcible 'kidnapping',
or whether
this was a case of an Assyrian daughter who had willfully
eloped against
her parents’ wishes?
The selective use of words such as 'butchered' and 'massacre'
is also
interesting. While 'the Kurd was found murdered', 'Lazar
Matti …, along
with his son Havel Lazar, was butchered …'. AINA
also refers to the tragic
slaying of these two Assyrians as a 'massacre'.
'Massacre' is a term
normally used to refer to the wholesale slaughter of
a class of people,
such as the Simel Massacre.
The rest of the 'news' account consists of a series of
highly opinionated
statements. AINA does not attempt to attribute these
opinions to any other
individual or group, hence they must be its own. It is
difficult to view
this approach as 'journalism'. It is simply propaganda,
and not very artful
propaganda at that."
Francis Sarguis
Santa Barbara
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"It is a new chapter in nei-Assyrian History. This proofs
that Assyrian
Nation it is still alive and appreciates good thing when
it sees it. An
Historical event was held in Ceres, Turlock, Modesto
this Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday March 7-9. KBSV-TV 23 AssyriaVision
Telethon at Bet-Nahrain
facilities raised over $50,000.00. It is dream
come true. In an effort to
raise Assyrian awareness of themselves and the potential
of building a
future for ourselves and our kids in the 21st Century.
The event was organized by the mass media sub committee
of Bet-Nahrain
organization.
I would like to thank on behave of Dr. Sargon Dadisho
(director of mass
media committee) and the Board of director of Bet-Nahrain,
every member of
the sub committee and the KBSV-TV 23 AssyriaVision crew
and those who
helped organized and participated and donated money to
improve and extend
the station broadcasting to all Assyrians around the
globe.
This television stations is owned by Assyrians and is
for Assyrians around
the world. It has touched people's hart young and old,
and has shown that
this media is very powerful. By educating ourselves and
others about our
history in the past and present, our rights and our needs
we can build
better life for ourselves and our children in the next
century. So, please
lets not stop here. We need your help to full fill our
promise to reach all
Assyrians where ever they might be living, can reach
and communicate.
Please visit www.betnahrain.com/bnkbsv.html for information
on how you can
help."
Ninous Bebla
Education committee
San Jose/Ceres, California
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"Please be kind to add me to your excellent service as
a member, also let
me know what address should i send my contributions or
donations."
Daniel Dizayer
Los Angeles, California
[ZENDA is a weekly online newsletter distributed free
of charge. We hope
that our new readers will help us expand our subscribers'
list as a
"virtual" donation.
We are in receipt of a letter, dated 18 February, 1997
from Turlock,
California. In this letter a ZENDA reader casts
aspersion on another
reader of our newsletter. Last year we instituted a new
policy to omit the
publication of such letters in which our readers are
personally attacked
for their opinions expressed in ZENDA. Unless the
letter is re-written in
such a way to avoid inflammatory language we reserve
the right not to
publish it.]
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ZENDA readers are invited to respond to the following
request(s) by either
directly writing to the author or sending a reply to
ZENDA.
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FREE ASSYRIAN FONT, DOWNLOAD NOW
Nineveh OnLine announces the release of a FREE Assyrian
font for Windows
3.1 and 95, which can be downloaded from www.nineveh.com
. ATORFONT.EXE is
a self-extracting Windows archive file created by Tim
Ericson of Islamabad,
Pakistan.
BABYLON CARD
Another "low interest rate" promotion is coming
in May for Card Babylon
Visa & Master Card. Thousands of Assyrian names
have already been
submitted for approval to Harris Bank. If you do not
receive a confirmation
by the 31 June, 1997, please call Babylon Financial Network,
INC. at
1-800-NINEVEH, nationwide. Thank you.
BFN, INC.
NEED CONTACTS IN FINLAND
"Dear ZENDA and its readers, What about Assyrians in Helsinki
and Joensuu,
and their e-mail addresses? In April I am visiting universities
in these
Finnish towns and would like to contact our people there.
Thank you very
much in advance for any information."
Promarz Tamrazov
Kiev, Ukraine
[To our ZENDA readers in Finland: if you wish to
release your email
information to Mr. Promarz Tamrazov we urge you to contact
us as early as
possible at zenda@ix.netcom.com.
THIRD HABBANIYA REUNION
The Founding Committee of the Habbaniya Union School Students'
Reunion is
holding the 3rd annual function, during the last week
of August 1997, in
Toronto, Canada. Further information will be forthcoming
from the
Organising Committee of Canada. In the meantime, we hope
that this notice
will help you plan ahead.
Benyamin Yalda
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MORE NINEVEH FRAGMENTS FOR SALE
(ZNAM) Nine more fragments from reliefs at the Sennacherib
Palace Site
Museum at Nineveh in northern Bet-Nahrain have surfaced
on the antiquities
market, further evidence that many panels recounting
the Assyrian king
Sennacherib's 701 B.C. siege of Jerusalem have been vandalized.
Columbia
University art historian John malcolm Russell says he
was first shown
photographs of three fragments from the palace late in
1995 by a European
museum seeking to check the provenance of the reliefs
in advance of
purchase. Russell, who photographed many of the
slabs in situ between 1989
and 1990, was again contacted this past fall, this time
by a lawyer
representing a prospective purchaser of ten Assyrian
reliefs. Russell
identified nine of the ten as fragments from panels at
the site museum and
the tenth as a fragment from the palace of Sargon II
at Khorsabad, which
was being stored at Nineveh in 1990. Working with
photographs supplied by
the lawyer, Russell noticed that many of the fragments
had been squared off
to give the impression that they were complete compositions.
A full
account with photographs and a site plan is available
at
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.php.
3rd 1996-97 NEC MEETING OF THE ASSYRIAN AMERICAN
NATIONAL FEDERATION
(ZNDA) The third National Executive Committee meeting
of the AANF for the
fiscal year 1996-97 will take place in Chicago on Saturday,
5 April, at
10:00 am at Eden's Banquets of the Assyrian Social Club.
In addition to
reviewing the final report of the 1996 National Convention
a status report
on the 1997 National Convention in Detroit will be presented
to the
representatives of 30 Assyrian organization in the United
States. The
traditional Kha b'Neesan Parade will take place the next
day from 1 to 3 pm
in Chicago. For hotel reservations please see CALENDAR
OF EVENTS.
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1600 ANNIVERSARY OF THE
MONASTERY OF MAR GABRIEL IN TUR ABDIN
1600 Jahre Kloster Mor Gabriel im Tur'Abdin
und seine
Bedeutung f|r die Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche in Europa
Wie ein Burg, von hohen Mauern umgeben, liegt das Kloster
Mor Gabriel im
Tur'Abdin im Hochland der s|dostlichen T|rkei: Schutz
f|r die klvsterlichen
Gemeinschaft - Zufluchtsort f|r die nur noch wenigen
syrischen Gemeinden -
Sitz des Erzbischofs des Tur'Abdin. Seit den Anfdngen
bis in unser
Jahrhundert ist das Kloster Mor Gabriel Reprdsententin
einer der
Heimatregionen syrischen Mvnchtums. Die Umgebung des
Klosters ist heute
militdrisch-politisch unsicher und wird von vielen Seiten
sorgfdltig
beobachtet.
Mancher aramdische Christ, der den 91. Psalm betet, verbindet
gldubige
Erinnerung und Hoffnung mit dem Kloster Mor Gabriel,
so weit 1600 Jahren
Tag f|r Tag die Eucharistie gefeiert wird: "Wer unter
dem Schirm des
Hvchsten sitzt und unter dem Schatten des Allmdchtigen
bleibt, der spricht
zu dem Herrn: Meine Zufversicht und meine Burg,
mit Gott, auf den ich hoffe."
F|r die viele tausend syrisch-orthodoxen Familien in Europa
ist das
Kloster so etwas wie das Sinnbild ihrer Geschichte und
Kultur geworden.
Kann es auch ein Zeichen der Hoffnung sein? Kann es Orientierung
geben f|r
die Suche nach religivser und ethnischer Identitdt in
(noch) fremder
Umgebung mit all ihren Konflikten, wie z.B. in Bebra/Deutschland?
Diesen
Fragen wird sich die Tagung stellen. Zu ihr kommen kirchliche
Reprdsentanten aus dem Orient und Okzident und Referenten
und Referentinnen
aus den drei gro_en christlichen Konfessionen.
Programm
Freitag, 21. Mdrz 1997
19.30 Begr|_ung und Einf|hrung (Pfarrer Georg Richter)
20.00 Vorstellung des Klosters Mor Gabriel und des Tur'Abdin
mit
Dias (Dr. H. Ansch|tz und Dr. P. Harb)
Samstag, 22, Mdrz 1997
9.00 Die Bedeutung des Mvnchtums f|r die Syrisch-Orthodoxe
Kirche
(Prof. Dr. W. Hage)
11.00 Zur Situation der syrisch-orthodoxen Gemeinden
in der T|rkei,
in Syrien und Libanon. Interview mit S.E. Erzbischof
Philoxenos Y. Cetin
von Istanbul, S.E. Erzbischof Timotheos S. Aktas und
Malfono Isa G|lten,
Kloster Mor Gabriel (Interviewer: Dr. P. Harb und G.
Richter)
15.00 Die Bedeutung des Klosters Mor Gabriel und des
Tur'Abdin f|r
die syrisch-orthodoxen Gemeinden in Deutschland:
Zur Situation der Kirche: S.E. Erzbischof Julius Y. Cicek,
Kloster Mor Ephrem der Syrer/Holland Zu den Fragen des
politischen Asyls:
Fehmi Aykurt, Hamburg Zur kulturellen und religivsen
Identitdt: Amill
Georgis, Berlin Weiterarbeit in Arbeitsgruppen
19.30 Festlicher Abend
Auswahlchor syrisch-orthodoxen Gemeinde, Berlin Historischer
Film |ber den
Tur'Abdin und das Kloster Mor Gabriel von mehreren Jahrzehnten
Kurzfilm zur
Situation im Tur'Abdin heute (Filme von Dr. H. Ansch|tz
und Dr. P. Harb).
Sonntag, 23. Mdrz 1997
9.00 Vkumenischer Wortgottesdienst: Leitung: Pfr. R. Staege,
Bebra,
Kurzpredigt: S.E. Erzbischof J.Y. Cicek
10.15 Bebra und die Folgen: Informationen und Stellungnahmen
zur
bitteren Erfahrungen der syrisch-orthodoxen Gemeinde
Podiumdiskussion
12.30 Ende der Tagung
Tagungsort
Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar
Postfach 1205, 34362 Hofgeismar
Tel.: 05671/88-0; Fax: 05671/881-154
Anmeldung ist erforderlich
Studienleiter Pfarrer Georg Richter
Evangelisches Predigerseminar Hofgeismar
Die
Tagung wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem
"Mor-Gabriel-Verein
zu Unterscht|tzung der
syrischen
Christen" in Hamburg und mit dem
"Deutsch-Libanesichen Verein"
in Reinbek durchgef|hrt
Gabriel Rabo
http://www.gwdg.de/~grabo/
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Am Samstag, den 22. und Sonntag, den 23. Maerz 1997
spielen assyrische Sportler in 10 Fussball- und 4 Volleyball-Manschaften
um
den Kha b' Neesanpokal in der Sporthalle der Martin Niemueller
Schule in
Wiesbaden, Moltke Ring
Eintritt: 5,-DM
Kha b' Neesan Party:
Am 30.3. feiern wir Assyrer wohnend in Wiesbaden
und Umgebubgden den Anfang
unser Neu Jahr zusammen mit unser beruehmter Saenger
Evin Agassi,
in der Willi Brandt Allee 14, Wiesbaden
Eintritt: 25,-DM
David's Konzert:
Sonntag den 20. Juli 1997 um 11:00
David Yonan spielt Geige
Mathaeikirchstrasse 1
Berlin
im Musikinstrumenten Museum Berlin, Curt-Sachs Saal (dierekt
neben der
Philharmonie)
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Thru Apr 6 The Ain Ghazal
Exhibit
Smithsonian Institute
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Washington D.C.
AAA of Southern CA (818) 506-7577
Thru April 27
Masterpieces from the Pierpot Morgan Libray:
A collection of relics 3300 B.C. to 1800 B.C.
Cylindrical Seals
From Uruk, Akkadian, Babylonia and Assyria
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
(415)863-3330
Thru Fall 1997 Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs
of Ur
2650-2550 B.C.
Third Floor
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Mar 25
The Discovery of a 3rd Millennium BCE Trading Post
in Northern Mesopotamia
A Hagop Kevorkian Lecture
Lecture by Dr. Michel Fortin
of the Department of History, Laval University, Quebec
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
33rd and Spruce
Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19104
6 p.m.
Reception follows
Rainey Auditorium.
Free (215) 898-4890
Apr 5
NEC Meeting of the Assyrian American National Fed.
Eden's Banquets (Assyrian Social Hall)
10:00 am
Hotel Information:
Radisson Hotel
4500 West Touhy
Lincolnwood
1-800-333-3333
Apr 9
Recent Excavations at Gordion, Turkey:
An Achaemenid Persian Imperial Town in Central
Anatolia
Lecturer: T.C. Young, Jr.
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
8:00 p.m
Apr 11-13
Big Bear Ski Trip
Skiing, hiking, Mountain biking, etc.
Assyrian Student Union Big Bear Trip
Members $40 non-members $65
Includes lodging, transportation, and 1st night's food.
Contact Sargon Gewargis: fishtale@juno.com
s8913705@mail.themall.net
Apr 24
Beginning of Settled Village Life in Eastern Anatolia
Dr. Michael Rosenberg
Associate Professor, University of Delaware
6:00 p.m.
Reception Follows
Rainey Auditorium
Free (215) 898-4890
May 4
"Near Eastern Archeology"
Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy
University of California, San Diego
Location: Westchester, New York
Call Hugo Vandenwall Bake (914) 472-0874
May 5
"Near Eastern Archeology"
Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy
University of California, San Diego
Location: Tufts University, Boston
Call Jodi Magness (617) 628-5000 x2680
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classicsDept/aia.html
May 23-26
Assyrian State Convention of California
Turlock, California
May 24
A C N C '97
The Third Assyrian Community Networking Conference
The Assyrian State Convention of California
Turlock, California
Organized by The Assyrian Community Networking Society
Jul 20
A Concert by the Assyrian Violinist, David Yonan
Mathaeikirchstrasse 1
Musikinstrumenten Museum, Curt-Sachs Saal
Berlin
11:00 am
Aug 26-Sept 2
Assyrian American National Convention
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Fairlane Town Center
Detroit, Michigan
All Single,double,triple,quad rooms: $95 per day
Reservations: (313) 982-6880
Reservations must be made by August 7.
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Mar 21
Kha b'Neesan Cocktail Dance Party
Assyrian American Association of San Jose
San Jose Athletic Club
196 North 3rd Street (408) 292-1281
7:30 pm
Donation: $30.00
"Hot Hord d'oevres!"
No tickets sold at the door/no reservations
For tickets call:
Caroline Nasseri (408) 268-7990
Ellen Sayad
(408) 997-0392
Jaleh Atniel
(408) 927-8881
Mar 22
Dalyate d' Kha b' Neesan (Assyrian Neesan Games)
Martin Niemueller School
10 Assyrian Soccer & 4 Assyrian Volleyball Teams
Wiesbaden, Moltke Ring
Donation: 5,- DM
Mar 30
Kha b' Neesan Party
Willi-Brandt Allee 14
Wiesbaden
Entertainer: Evin Agassi
Donation: 25,-DM
Apr 5
Kha b'Neesan Dance Party
Chicago
Apr 6
Kha b'Neesan Parade
Chicago
1:00-3:00 pm
Apr 26
A Cocktail Dance Party
5th Anniversary of the Assyrians Around the World
TV Program
Entertainers: Julian Jindo
Julian & Janan Band from San Diego
Hyatt Hotel
1740 North First Street
San Jose, California
(408) 993-1234
$20.00
Tickets: Etminan Market & United Foods
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CHICAGO
Assyrian Athletic Club Soccer Development Program
Ages 7-14
7:45-9:45 pm
Mondays
Warren Park Gymnasium
Western Avenue & Devon Street
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1997-98
Syriac Classes Taught by Dr. J.F. Coakley
Elementary Syriac
Instructor: J. F. Coakley
Basic Syriac grammar and syntax
with selected readings from the Syriac Bible and
other early texts.
Readings in Syriac I
Historical and theological texts, and early poetry
Readings in Syriac II
Special attention to exegetical texts and to reading manuscripts.
MODESTO
Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at
Modesto Junior College
1:00 pm
Fridays
Founders Hall 108
Modesto, U.S.A.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD Assyrian Boy Scouts
Assyrian American Association of Southern California
Assyrian Club
5901 Cahuenga Blvd
North Hollywood, California
9:30am to 12:30pm
Sundays
Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com
(818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm
Assyrian Student Union
California State University, Northridge
Assyrian American Association of Southern California
Assyrian Club
5901 Cahuenga Blvd
North Hollywood, California
6:00pm
Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com
(818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm
SAN JOSE
Nisibin School
Assyrian Language Classes
Ages 5-14
10:00-1:00 pm
Saturdays
AAA of San Jose BETA
20000 Almaden Road
Raabie Nimrod Simono's Intermediate Grammar Class
AAA of San Jose BETA
ONLY IN MARCH
Class Days Vary (Contact ZENDA for more information)
Maestro Nebu Issabey's Nineveh Choir Practice
AAA of San Jose BETA
8:00 pm
Thursdays
TORONTO
Nisibis School
10:30-1:30
Saturdays
The Church of the East
Toronto, Canada
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HTTP://WWW.EDESSA.COM
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English Modern Assyrian
Editorial
baar/aatra
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Native, Aborigine bookh/na
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B A C K TO THE
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B.C. (663) Ashurbanipal
leads his army into Egypt and sacks the city of
Thebes; in his victory tablets he claims that the city
fell in less than a
day. Massive booty was taken back to Nineveh.
<< The Ancient Assyrians, Healy & McBride >>
A.D. (1866) (As)syrian Protestant College is founded
by the American
Mission in Beirut. Later this school became the
American University of
Beirut (ABU).
<< A History of the Arab Peoples, Hourani>>
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AN EXCERPT FROM WILLIAM DANIEL'S "THE PROPHECY"
From The Epic Poem, KATEENY
Enemy has planned a novel way of ruse;
To overthrow our power, to control to confuse.
From under a mantle - virtuous, benign,
Contemplates to fulfill his wicked design.
Plot is a masterpiece, actor plays the part
Of a saintly recluse though Satan at heart.
In the house of Khammu he has built his nest;
From where he spreads the poison of his pest.
The hero shall find him hiding in the steeple,
Shall crush the serpent's head, deliver the people.
Such is the prophecy, end of chaotic storm;
Parties shall dissolve and blend in the main reform.
End of all diseases, wounds shall heal one and all;
The law shall protect the great and the small.
The union shall build a strong and massive wall.
That shall not be taken that shall never fall.
Traitors that carried on commerce that was rotten.
Uprooted they shall be, memory forgotten.
The Hero who assisted to safeguard the land,
Shall sustain our throne with a mighty hand.
This is the prophecy - rebirth of the nation,
Which shall rise in glory of rejuvenation.
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March 17. 1903: born, William Daniel, Assyrian writer,
poet and composer
in Urmie, Iran.
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NIMROD SIMONO'S LATEST BOOK PUBLISHED
The Assyrian Academic Society of Chicago recently completed
the publication
of Nimrod Simono's long-awaited "Modern Assyrian Grammar:
Intermediate
Level", a book comprising of 41 lessons, a study guide,
complete with
appendices and self-tests. A group of 16 students
in San Jose, California
are currently enrolled in Rabbie Nimrod's class and will
have completed his
class based on the lesson plan outlined in this book
before his departure
for Chicago at the end of this month. Rabbie Nimrod and
his wife, Liza,
were invited to the United States on bequest of the AAS
of Chicago. An
evening of appreciation and tribute is planned for Rabbie
Nimrod Simono in
the beginning of next month in Chicago.
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ZNAD (Assyrian Democratic Organization)
ZNAM (Archeology Magazine)
ZNAP (Associated Press International)
ZNBN (Bet-Nahrain Inc/ KBSV-TV "AssyriaVision")
ZNDA (Zenda: zenda@ix.netcom.com)
ZNMN (San Jose Mercury News)
ZNNQ (Nabu Quarterly)
ZNNV (Nineveh Magazine)
ZNRU (Reuters)
ZNSJ (San Jose Mercury News)
ZNTM (Time Magazine)
ZNUP (United Press International)
ZNUS (US News & World Report)
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Zenda welcomes our new on-line subscribers from:
CORPORATE ACCOUNTS
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Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals &
organizations whose
contributions appear in this issue:
Esha Tamras
San Jose, California
Albert Gabrial
Hollister, California
Gabriel Rabo
Germany
Ramin Daniels
San Jose, California
and the following individual(s) for introducing ZENDA
to our new readers:
Albert Gabrial Hollister, California
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FROM ALL OF US AT ZENDA
A HAPPY KHA B'NEESAN
TO ALL OUR READERS
AROUND THE WORLD
Assyrian New Year 6747 begins on the following hours/days
in your local
time zones:
20 March 05:54:46 AM in San Francisco, California
20 March 07:54:46 AM in Chicago, Illinois
20 March 10:54:46 AM in Montevideo, Uruguay
20 March 02:54:46 PM in Berlin, Germany
20 March 02:54:46 PM in Stockholm, Sweden
20 March 03:54:46 PM in Helsinki, Finland
20 March 04:54:46 PM in Baghdad, Iraq
20 March 05:54:46 PM in Tehran, Iran
21 March 12:54:46 AM in Melbourne, Australia