Subj: ZENDA II (Vol II,#47 ; 1/13/97) Date: 97-01-14 04:43:56 EST From: zenda@ix.netcom.com (ZENDA) To: zenda@ix.netcom.com Kanoon (II) 13, 6746 January 13, 1997 ***** ***** * * **** ** * * ** * * * * * * *** * * * * * ****** * * * ** * * * * ***** ***** * * **** * * Volume II, Issue 47 A Weekly Online Publication of the ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency -Section 2 of 2- =========================================================================== C A L E N D A R OF E V E N T S =========================================================================== Thru Jan 19 Bridging the Gap Contemporary and Traditional Assyrian Art Australian Assyrian Communities National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Curator: Semiramis Ziyeh Thru Mar 10 Art & Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Admission: $10.00 Thru Apr 6 The Ain Ghazal Exhibit Smithsonian Institute Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Washington D.C. AAA of Southern CA (818) 506-7577 Jan 15 The Oriental Institute Members Lecture Series presents Janet Wallach's: "Gertrude Bell: Guardian of Antiquity, Builder of Modern Iraq" Breasted Hall Oriental Institute 1155 E 58th Street Chicago 8:00 PM (773) 702-1677 or email oi-membership@uchicago.edu Jan 15 Ashur & Marduk: The State Gods of Assyria & Babylonia Lecturer: G. Frame Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations University of Toronto St. George campus Toronto, Canada 8:00 p.m Jan 18 National Exectutive Committee Meeting of the Assyrian American National Federation New Britain, Connecticut Mar 12 Guardians of the Gate: The Assyrian Winged Colossi Lecturer: A. Harrak Near and Middle Eastern Civilization University of Toronto St. George campus Toronto, Canada 8:00 p.m April 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E N T R A C T E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- No New Entries. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E L L I G E N T S I A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursdays Nineveh Choir under the direction of Maestro Nebu Issabey BETA: 20000 Almaden Road San Jose, California 8:00 pm Fridays Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at Modesto Junior College 1:00 pm Founders Hall 108 Modesto, U.S.A. Saturdays Nisibis School 10:30-1:30 The Church of the East Toronto, Canada SUNDAYS Assyrian Boy Scouts Assyrian American Association of Southern California Assyrian Club 5901 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, California 9:30am to 12:30pm 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 =========================================================================== A S S Y R I A N S U R F I N G P O S T S =========================================================================== The Assyrian American Association of San Jose, California http://www.nineveh.com/aaasj.htm =========================================================================== P U M P UP THE V O L U M E =========================================================================== English Modern Assyrian One kha [M] kha yalda: one boy khda [F] khda yalta: one girl Unique ee/khee/da/ya [M] ee/khee/de/ta [F] ___________________________________________________________________________ F = Feminine M = Masculine P = Plural =========================================================================== B A C K TO THE F U T U R E =========================================================================== B.C. (553) Nabonidus, king of Babylon, arrives in Lebanon and after seven months succeeds in suppressing a revolt against his rule. << The Reignof Nabonidus, Beaulieu>> A.D. (815) Bet-Khekhma (House of Wisdom) is constructed by the the caliph al-Mamun to which a library and an observatory were connected. Here Assyrian scholars translated almost the whole of Greek scientific and philosophical literature from Green and Syriac into Arabic. Of such notable translators were Hunain ibn Ishaq and Ibn Muqaffa. << Science & Civilization in Islam, Nasr >> =========================================================================== L I T E R A T U S =========================================================================== Brown Sister Grooving to individual beats, stepping off platforms falling falling into different spaces touching souls with her smile wide, eyes gleaming telling stories of mountains, telling truths sprung from the Tigris and the Euphrates truths found between Baghdad and California between all-forsaken and the sake of one... Standing beneath the weight Ashurs arms feet planted on a rock shaped by her own hands.. Breathing fire into words that flame and warm others Pausing for reflection in 1996 dysfunctional America coming to terms with the past accepting the inevitable future Brown Sister, Assyrian Woman, articulate, defined, lost, forgotton, crying, screaming, looking at walls and barriers and smiling from the inside, between all of these walls... Loving the small proud nation of people with memories, people who tie each other to the meaning of higher meaning people who cannot forget the Tigris and the Euphrates, the water coursing over the moist soils like ancient blook rushing through human veins... Remember all of this, Brown Sister. Know that you are precious and beautiful and respected. Love yourself and your people. Reflect upon the simple truths mighty Assyria has imprinted on you tongue and your heart. To forget is to die. To live is to remember. Marian Younan Davis, California [Ms. Davis, a student at the University of California at Davis, is also the executive secretary of the Assyrian American National Federation.] =========================================================================== T H I S W E E K I N H I S T O R Y =========================================================================== January 13, 1978: dies, William Ibrahimi, the first Assyrian representative to the Iranian Parliament or Majlis. =========================================================================== B R A V O =========================================================================== Last Saturday evening, David Yonan, 21, became the first Assyrian violinist, or musician for that matter, to render a solo performance at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. David is the son of Dr. Gabriel and Mr. Shlimon Yonan of Berlin, Germany. =========================================================================== the D I R E C T O R Y =========================================================================== 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) =========================================================================== W E L C O M E T O Z E N D A =========================================================================== Zenda welcomes our new on-line subscribers from: CORPORATE ACCOUNTS UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS [added in the last 3 weeks] Europe: Sweden Barcelona, Spain London, England Australia Canada U.S.: Wisconsin Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut Maryland California Indiana Michigan Virginia Hawaii Oregan Illinois Florida =========================================================================== S A L U T E =========================================================================== Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals & organizations whose contributions appear in this issue: Albert Gabrial Hollister, California Ninos Bebla San Jose, California Firas Jatou Chicago, Illinois Ashur Simon Malek Ontario, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From zenda@ix.netcom.com Tue Jan 14 04:43:07 1997 Return-Path: zenda@ix.netcom.com Received: from dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.10]) by emin39.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id EAA00234; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 04:43:05 -0500 Received: from 114121 (sjx-ca52-19.ix.netcom.com [206.214.103.211]) by dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA20964; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 00:00:57 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970113235727.00687628@popd.ix.netcom.com> X-Sender: zenda@popd.ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (32) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 00:08:25 -0800 To: zenda@ix.netcom.com From: ZENDA Subject: ZENDA II (Vol II,#47 ; 1/13/97) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"