A conversation with rising indie singer-songwriter Yasmeen
August 2020 | By Yasmeen Altaji PHOENIX – From writing ballads in high school to hitting four million streams on a recorded single, Assyrian singer-songwriter...
Assyrian, Non-Assyrian NGOs join call for Iraqi recognition of Simele Massacre
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Backed by a coalition of more than a dozen global organizations, the Assyrian Policy Institute (API) published a letter on Friday calling for recognition by...
From child’s play to the big screen
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Writer, director and illustrator Scott Christian Sava on Netflix’s “Animal Crackers,” his family and what it means to be Assyrian July 2020 | By Yasmeen...
Lebanon’s Assyrians confront severe economic crisis
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In late 2019, amid a wave of anti-corruption protests, Lebanon turned witness to what would become its worst economic crisis in modern history....
Breathing new life into language with Assyrian Circles
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How an online language program is nurturing an interest in a mother tongue July 2020 | Photos contributed | By Yasmeen Altaji The multi-person “tile”...
Looting hits Assyrian businesses in Chicago
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In the wake of severe looting across Chicago, three Assyrian businesses were damaged. Those businesses, argue one Assyrian shop owner, represent more than damage to...
Palm Springs ruled out as this year’s convention hangs in the balance
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With the Palm Springs venue now ruled out, the future of the 2020 Assyrian National Convention is uncertain....
How long-distance nationalism kept a culture alive during the Assyrian Genocide
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May 2020 | By Laurisa Sastoque | Photos contributed In his story Seventy Thousand Assyrians, 20th-century American-Armenian author William Saroyan writes about his encounter with...
After decades of underrepresentation, Assyrians find their place in the polls
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May 2020 | By Yasmeen Altaji | Photos by Yasmeen Altaji Steve Oshana said that when he began his work in the American government, members...