Subj: Zenda (10/30/95) Date: 95-11-14 02:02:57 EST From: zenda@ix.netcom.com (Zenda) To: zenda@ix.netcom.com October 30, 1995 Volume I, Issue 14 ***** ***** * * **** ** * * ** * * * * * * *** * * * * * ****** * * * ** * * * * ***** ***** * * **** * * A Weekly Online Newsletter Serving the Assyrian Communities Around the World ===================================================== THE L I G H T H O U S E ===================================================== [In 1973 Dr. David Perley was awarded the "Star of Ashur" by the Assyrian Universal Alliance Congress in Yonkers, New York. The following was the concluding remark of his speech.] IS A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE ASSYRIANS POSSIBLE? "Don Quixote sang in joy that his only guiding star was his Quest, where to win or lose becomes immater- ial. What is material however, is that he follow the Quest both as a matter of duty and as a matter of privilege. What gleam of hope may we have, you may ask further? That gleam of hope I find in the statement of the late William B. Ziff, who declared: 'The Assyrian past is a record in which the down- trodden Assyrian remnants can find a bright gleam of hope for the future. For the sacred fire of the great creative genius is burried in the wombs of their women and will one day burst forth again in the persons of children perhaps yet unborn.' The Knight-errant of Cervantes had but one dream- to follow his Quest no matter how impossible his Dream-to follow the Star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how unreachable. To fight for the Right, he was willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause. Let me ask you: what is more heavenly than to fight for the cause of the Assyrians? It belongs in the city which was built to music, and therefore never built at all, and therefore built forever. Assyria will not die! This is my ultimate passion." ===================================================== G O O D M O R N I N G B E T - N A H R A I N ===================================================== According to unconfirmed reports, Massoud Barzani, the current leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party, has invited John Nimrod, the Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance, for a visit to Northern Iraq. Mr. Nimrod recently met with the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran. Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers, of whom 700 may be Assyrian, are believed to remain in Iranian prisons, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. In 1992 all negotiations between the ICRC and the government of Iran collapsed as Iran refused to cooperate. The Baathist government in Baghdad maintains that it hold no Iranian soldier. After the Iran-Iraq War ceasefire in 1988 some 75000 prisoners were exchanged on both sides. ===================================================== S U R F S U P ! ===================================================== "I was in Dallas on business last weekend, and managed to swing by Kimbell Museum. The collection they had displayed was an abreviated version of Met's exhibit. They Berlin collection was not present. Nonetheless,it was well worth the trip! The pieces they have on hand are some of the most important and valuable Assyrian artifacts still remaining. There was also an informative audio tour available. I'd recommend it highly! -Yolanda Bebla, California "What a wonderful introductory essay to Zenda; the most life-giving, hope-inducing, faith-strengthening and uplifting collection of words and thoughts I have read in a long time. Continue to give us hope. Khayit!!!" -Robert Dekelaita, Chicago "Your last few introductory articles were repulsive, obnoxious, and far-fetched. Please stop my subscription and put a stop to your preposterous claims at once...and stop feeding nonsense into the minds of our youth." -Chicago [Zenda: Since the appearance of our feature article "ROOMS WITH A VIEW" nine readers have asked us to discontinue their subscription. Zenda will continue to print your views and comments unedited and if possible in their entirety. As M.L. King wrote in 1963, "nothing can be more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscienctous stupidity."] "Thanks for Zenda. Beautiful & original opening as usual. We must propagate this silent revolution. Keep up the good work..." -Pauline Jasim, Chicago "I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that due to my expedient nature when I check email in-between classes, I almost overlooked that inspiring introduction in the latest issue of Zenda. Paradoxically, the scene at first struck me to be fictitious. Yet as I continued to read, I realized that you were describing quite poetically the nationalistic endeavors that are under- taken each day by our fellow brothers and sisters. Your piece certainly offered a strong argument to those long- winded and empty statements that chastise our nation for being unproductive, quite unjustly I may say. Thank you for reminding me of the beautiful and heartening images taking place every minute. It certainly is wonderful to have the efforts conjured so vividly by your picturesque description." -Natali Aziz, California "For PUMP UP THE VOLUME wouldn't it be better if you stuck to a particular theme of words? Just a thought. I don't know if the words will stick as well if I'm making the association of 'shalpookhta rooshmeta'. :)" -Vivian Hermiz, California ===================================================== N E W S D I G E S T ===================================================== A HOME PAGE FOR THE ASSYRIAN KIDS EB (Hollister) Albert Gabrial of eBabylon has completed the creation of another homepage for the enjoyment of the Assyrian WEB browsers. This time however, he had a much younger audience in mind: ages 6 through 12. "Nineveh Kids", as he calls his young internet users, can look through pages of text and graphics detailing the Assyrian heritage, language, and history. In the near future, Assyrian songs and coloring pictures can be downloaded as more and more parents are encouraged to assist in the gathering of information and teaching tools. The URL address for the Nineveh Kids Homepage: http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/kidsweb.htm TORONTO CELEBRATES NINOS NIRARI'S 25th SC (Toronto) On November 5, the United Assyrian Youth of Canada will celebrate 25 years of Ninos Nirary's literary accomplishments and timeless contribution to the modern literature of the Assyrian language. Nirari is best known for his impressive biography of General Agha Potros of Baz: "Agha Potros, Saankhirib d'Dora d' Esree." A collection of Nirari's poems entitled "Igarta" or The Message is currently available on cassett tape. Ninos Nirary will be the guest speaker of the evening accompanied by several other figures of the modern Assyrian literature. ASSYRIAN POLITICIANS SEEK RE-ELECTION ZN (San Jose) Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, the Repre- sentative of California's 14th Congressional District, and Ben Elias, a member of Union City's City Council, have declared their candidacy for re-election. Both candidates have begun extensive campaigns in northern California and are seeking volunteers to aid in their re-election campaigns. For more information contact: Anna Eshoo: (202) 225-8104 in Washington D.C. (415) 323-2984 in California Ben Elias: (408) 223-2208 contact Mr. Esha Tamras A NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN BET-NAHRAIN NQ (Chicago) H.W.F. Saggs, the author of THE MIGHT THAT WAS ASSYRIA, has written a new book entitled THE BABYLONIANS. Saggs "details the history of the southern peoples of Mesopotamia (including Chaldean and Aramean tribes), Assyrian conquests, and the Babylonian legacy in western civilization," according to Robert DeKelaita of the Nabu Books in Chicago. THE BABYLONIANS is priced at $28.00, available in hardcover through Nabu Books: PO Box 59422, Chicago, IL. 60659. ===================================================== D I R E C T O R Y OF THE N E W S S O U R C E S ===================================================== AA (AAA of San Jose Newsletter) AP (Associate Press) EB (e.Babylon BBS): 1-209-668-1827 Hollister, California JS (Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society) P.O. Box 4102 Des Plaines, Illinois 60016-4102 NQ (Nebu Quarterly) P.O. Box 59422, Chicago Illinois 60659 RU (Reuters) SC (soc.culture.assyrian) WS (The Wall Street Journal) ZN (Zenda Reporters): zenda@ix.netcom.com Toronto, Germany, Chicago, Los Angeles, & San Jose ===================================================== C A L E N D A R OF E V E N T S ===================================================== -----------------1 9 9 5------------------- Sept 8-Dec 31 "Nineveh 612 BC: A Public Exhibition of Assyrian Art and Artifacts" Finnish Science Center, Heureha (northern part of the Helsinki metrop. area) Oct 1-Feb 4 Exhibition: Assyrian Art & History Kimball Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas (817) 332-8451 Oct 30 The Simmons Family Lecture Series at the Gindi Auditorium University of Judaism 15600 Mulholland Dr Los Angeles. "Mesopotamian Myths, Epics and Laments: the First Recorded Literature by Dr. Piotr Michalowski of University of Michigan Nov 5 A Gathering in Recognition of Ninos Nirari's Accomplishments Toronto, Canada Nov 28 The Simmons Family Lecture Series "The West Semitic Alphabet and the Spread of Civilization" by Dr. Dennis Pardee of University of Chicago Dec 5 The Simmons Family Lecture Series "King of the Four Quarters of the Earth: Art, Power and Politics in the Assyrian Empire" by Dr. John Russell of Columbia University June 9-11 (1996) The ARAM Conference Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts U.S. ----------------------------------------------------- ENTERTAINMENT ----------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 New Year's Eve Party San Jose, California Entertainment: Ogen ----------------------------------------------------- MEETINGS ----------------------------------------------------- Thursdays Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at Modesto Junior College 1:00 pm Founders Hall 125. Nov 10 National Executive Committee Meeting Assyrian American National Federation Chicago, Illinois ----------------------------------------------------- CLASSES ----------------------------------------------------- Mondays Assyrian Discussion Group BETA: AAA of San Jose 8:00-9:30 pm Topics: Assyrian Calendar (10/30) A History of the ASYN Language (11/6) ----------------------------------------------------- SPORTS ----------------------------------------------------- Tuesdays Boys Soccer Practice South Valley Christian School Corner of Blossom and Shawnee San Jose, California 5-6:30 pm Sundays Boys/Girls Volleyball Campbell Community Center Camden & Union Campbell, California 6-9 pm ===================================================== A S S Y R I A N S U R F I N G P O S T S ===================================================== New Site(s) Nineveh Kids Homepage http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/kidsweb.htm _____________________________________________________ Ancient Mesopotamia http://sipparorinst.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZ U/ABZU_REGINDX_MESO.HTML Assyria On-Line http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~jatou/./ Assyrian Youth Association of Sweden http://www.cs.umu.se/~dprhi/assyr/assyr.html Corpus Neo Assyrian Project: Helsinki, Finland http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/cna.html e.BABYLON http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/babylon.htm Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society http://www.garlic.com/~agabrial/jaas.htm "Newsgroup" soc.culture.assyrian Syriac Comp Inst http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/gk105/syrcom/ ===================================================== P U M P U P T H E V O L U M E ===================================================== ENGLISH ASSYRIAN PRONUNCIATION with Examples Hawk "shaah-va" Eagle "neshra" Falcon "nes-sa", "baz-zeegha" ===================================================== B A C K TO THE F U T U R E ===================================================== B.C.(750) By this time the cavalry had replaced the chariots in the armies of the Assyrian kings. During this century, as is shown in the reliefs of Tiglath-Pileser III, the cavalrymen employed a new technique which allowed them to operate independent of another rider, controlling one's own mount. A.D.(1736) Naader Shah of Iran expels all Catholic missionaries from Iran. The Assyrians of Salamas in northwestern Iran guarded the Roman Catholic faith until the return of the Vatican Church representatives to Urmie in 1839. ===================================================== W E L C O M E T O Z E N D A ===================================================== Zenda welcomes our new on-line subscribers from: [CORPORATE ACCOUNTS] Metropolitan Museum of Art [UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS] University of Chicago DePaul University, Chicago Northern Illinois University [INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS] Chicago ===================================================== A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S ===================================================== Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals: Pauline Jasim Chicago, Illinois Carlo Ganjeh San Jose, California Nineveh Magazine Berkeley, California Robert DeKalaita Chicago, ILlinois ----------------------------------------------------- Our Next Issue will appear on Monday, November 6, 1995. ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From zenda@ix.netcom.com Tue Nov 14 02:02:15 1995 Return-Path: zenda@ix.netcom.com Received: from ix.ix.netcom.com (ix.ix.netcom.com [199.182.120.2]) by emin05.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id CAA00271; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 02:02:14 -0500 Received: from ix-sj36-13.ix.netcom.com by ix.ix.netcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1/Netcom) id XAA12035; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 23:02:01 -0800 Message-Id: <199511140702.XAA12035@ix.ix.netcom.com> X-Sender: zenda@ix.netcom.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 23:02:03 -0600 To: zenda@ix.netcom.com From: Zenda Subject: Zenda (10/30/95)