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On a hilltop of bones, a fence guards over a century-old massacre

Joe SnellDecember 17, 2025December 17, 2025
Atone Sliwo Ashur’s desire to build a fence around an elevated hilltop in Simele, a town in northern Iraq’s Dohuk district, seems innocent at first glance — just a few hundred meters of metal posts and barbed wire coiled around a mound of dirt. But for those who know what......
Faith

At Westminster Abbey, King Charles confronts Christian persecution, elevates London’s Assyrians

Joe SnellDecember 11, 2025December 11, 2025
History collided on Dec. 10 on the marble floor of Westminster Abbey — the Gothic-inspired church inside the heart of London — as King Charles III welcomed heads of Eastern...
December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
History

My father survived as a prisoner during the Iran-Iraq war. Others weren’t...

Marael YoukhanaOctober 28, 2025October 28, 2025
The bells of war rang throughout Iraq, and with each clang, Iraqis grew terrified of what their futures held.  It was the summer of 1980. Saddam Hussein began assembling an...
October 28, 2025October 28, 2025
World

What just happened to the Nineveh Plain Protection Units?

Joe SnellOctober 26, 2025October 26, 2025
In the hours after the Nineveh Plain Protection Units (NPU) published a statement on Facebook, a message swirled across the internet: “The NPU is restored to its independent status.” In...
October 26, 2025October 26, 2025
Sports

Meet the Assyrian women dominating Iraq’s professional volleyball league

Shana Sargon and Joe SnellOctober 16, 2025November 29, 2025
When she’s not playing volleyball, Doreen Romel Shamow competes for Iraq’s national basketball team, a squad she has represented since she was 15.  Balancing her final year of high school...
October 16, 2025November 29, 2025
Memorial

Hormus Mesho, whose motorcycle riding changed his life and community, dies at...

Joe SnellSeptember 28, 2025November 28, 2025
On a windy summer day outside of Stockholm, Sweden, Hormus Mesho plunged into a lake surrounded by his motorcycle-riding brothers. His unruly beard blowing in the wind, he yelped at...
September 28, 2025November 28, 2025
Arts and Entertainment

Bursting the ‘academic bubble’: How Lolita Emmanuel reimagines research through music

Joe SnellAugust 18, 2025November 28, 2025
“When we’re doing research, what are we doing it for? It’s important to have a real world impact."...
August 18, 2025November 28, 2025

Profiles

Lioness of Assyria: Lady Surma, ambassador of the Assyrian nation

Courtney MoushiMarch 12, 2024March 12, 2024
by Courtney Moushi
Lady Surma, also known as Surma Khanum, was a member of the patriarchal Mar Shimun family and spent her life serving the Assyrian Church of the East. She fought to...

Assyrian blacksmith forges knives, axes in northern Iraq

Winthrop RodgersDecember 10, 2023December 10, 2023

The beekeeper of Qaramlesh

Joe SnellMay 7, 2022December 7, 2023

Memorial tribute honors late Assyrian leader Ashur Eskrya

Joe SnellMay 25, 2021November 22, 2025

From child’s play to the big screen

The Assyrian JournalJuly 24, 2020February 18, 2024

Breathing new life into language with Assyrian Circles

The Assyrian JournalJuly 5, 2020February 18, 2024

World News

On a hilltop of bones, a fence guards over a century-old massacre

Joe SnellDecember 17, 2025December 17, 2025
by Joe Snell
Atone Sliwo Ashur’s desire to build a fence around an elevated hilltop in Simele, a town in northern Iraq’s Dohuk district, seems innocent at first glance — just a few...

What just happened to the Nineveh Plain Protection Units?

Joe SnellOctober 26, 2025October 26, 2025

Christians brace for retaliation as Syrian rebels overrun Aleppo

ContribuitorDecember 3, 2024September 16, 2025

Life under fire in northern Iraq’s Assyrian villages

Joe SnellOctober 26, 2024November 28, 2025

‘We cannot sit silent’: Assyrians challenge U.N. on Indigenous rights

Joe SnellApril 29, 2024November 28, 2025

How one couple’s wedding choice brought a cultural center to Alqosh

Joe SnellApril 21, 2024November 27, 2025

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Finding my Assyrian voice

Sarah BehjetNovember 21, 2025November 21, 2025
by Sarah Behjet
“Assyrian” and “advocacy” were two words I never dreamed would resonate with me. Until recently, I didn’t even think of myself as Assyrian. As the daughter of Iraqi immigrants, I viewed myself through the lens of nationality and the language my parents spoke — Arabic. Because of that, I saw......

Opinion: Lessons of survival one hundred years after genocide

Dr. Julia Bajone HallisySeptember 16, 2025September 21, 2025
by Dr. Julia Bajone Hallisy

Opinion: Assyrians are losing their language. Welcome to the era of Iraq’s private schools.

Noor MattiFebruary 3, 2024September 16, 2025
by Noor Matti

Opinion: Alerting the world to threats against human rights

Dr. Julia Bajone HallisyDecember 22, 2023September 16, 2025
by Dr. Julia Bajone Hallisy

Opinion: Assyrians don’t have to face generational trauma alone

Dr. Ramina Jajoo-FrindrichDecember 12, 2022September 16, 2025
by Dr. Ramina Jajoo-Frindrich

Opinion: A modest but great challenge for the Church of the East

Robert DeKelaitaMay 17, 2022September 16, 2025
by Robert DeKelaita

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Assyrians, including Chaldeans and Syriacs, are an ethnic community indigenous to parts of modern-day Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran. Assyrians today are scattered across the globe. At The Assyrian Journal, we strive to unify members of our community in a professional forum by covering events, highlighting leaders and offering a platform for positive, forward-thinking discussion.

Education

Education

Assyrian genocide curriculum added to Arizona teacher ‘toolkit’

Joe SnellNovember 26, 2024November 27, 2025
by Joe SnellNovember 26, 2024November 27, 2025
“They drowned one of my sisters in the well in Saleh village,” said Ziyane Rhawi, born in 1908. “Another sister, they buried alive under a pile of stones.” “[My aunt’s] two daughters were kidnapped by the Muslims,” said Ferida Rhawi, born in 1910..........

How one couple’s wedding choice brought a cultural center to Alqosh

Joe SnellApril 21, 2024November 27, 2025
April 21, 2024November 27, 2025

Father and son graduate together from Northeastern Illinois University  

Ashuriena Abraham and Joe SnellJanuary 18, 2024January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024January 18, 2024

Knowledgebase seeks to bridge Assyrian graduate students worldwide

Joe SnellDecember 7, 2022May 18, 2025
December 7, 2022May 18, 2025

Christian schools in northeast Syria ordered to teach self-administration curriculum or face closure

Joe SnellNovember 8, 2022April 26, 2024
November 8, 2022April 26, 2024

Law scholarship for Assyrian American students names winner

Joe SnellOctober 27, 2022April 26, 2024
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