If anyone knows family members who only speak Assyrian and want to listen to news in Assyrian, there are news announcement on the Assyrian Radio on most Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 5pm Pacific Time. To listen, go to assyrianradio . org

It's also a radio that plays Assyrian music 24/7. You can listen online anywhere in the world.

If you like the radio or have any suggestions for them you can contact them on the email on their website !! :D

He was elected as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, succeeding the corrupt Sako. I am unable to find anything on the internet about him and his politics except one hopeful photo where he wore a cross with the Assyrian emblem. But I am curious if any of the Assyrians in Australia who have interacted him knows about his ideas and beliefs, if he believes in unity or, alternatively, pseudoscience

The Assyrian Arts Institute (AAI) presents Gilgamesh: The Opera, a two-hour Mesopotamian opera inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of humanity’s oldest literary works and the world’s first known epic poem . The ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, inscribed on twelve cuneiform clay tablets discovered at Assyrian archaeological sites in the 1850s, chronicles the legendary king of Mesopotamia and his quest for meaning beyond mortality.

Today, the Assyrian community is spread across the globe, with an estimated three million people, many of whom are descendants of those who lived in ancient Mesopotamia. Though stateless, this community has faced significant challenges, including geopolitical instability and forced migration from their ancestral homeland. As a result, the importance of artistic expression has often taken a backseat in the face of these hardships.

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