Subj: ZENDA I (Vol II,#48 ; 1/20/97) Date: 97-01-20 04:09:13 EST From: zenda@ix.netcom.com (ZENDA) To: zenda@ix.netcom.com Kanoon (II) 20, 6746 January 20, 1997 zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zz z zzzzzzzzz z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z zzzzzzz z z z z z zzzzzzz z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz z zz zzzzzzz z z Volume II, Issue 48 A Weekly Online Publication of ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency -Section 1 of 2- =========================================================================== T H I S W E E K I N Z E N D A =========================================================================== -Section One- The Lighthouse...................... Love & Unity Good Morning Bet-Nahrain............ Arabization of Mosul Surfs Up............................ "I could not hold my tears..." Surfers Corner...................... Online Chats with Guest Personalities News Digest......................... The British Museum and Library Uday Has Gangrene News Bits........................... No Entries! -Section Two- Calendar of Events.................. Hannibal Alkhas' Last Ziggurats British Museum Lectures Entracte............................ No New Entries Intelligentsia...................... Classes, Lectures & Meetings Assyrian Surfing Posts.............. Pump up the Volume.................. Supporter & Enemy Back to the Future.................. Solar Eclipse of 763 B.C. Assyrian Marco Polo Literatus........................... The Birth of Man This Week in History................ A First Assyrian Ladies Auxillary Bravo............................... Assyriologist Dr. Stefn Maul The Directory....................... News Sources Bshena.............................. Modesto, Toronto, and Compass Salute.............................. Albert, Firas, and Nineveh =========================================================================== THE L I G H T H O U S E ===========================================================================
LOVE & UNITY
Almost every Assyrian lecturer who has the floor for five minutes or more, does not fail to tell us to be united, to love one another and to keep our language alive. But they never show us the path that will lead us to the realization of these emotional ideals. Theoretically, LOVE AND UNITY are admirable terms, sufficiently inspiring so as to urge a poet to the height of penmanship; or a composer to weave colorfully in the patterns of his musical tissue. But their magnificence having started with the sound of the words, likewise dies no sooner their pronouncement is ended. Coming down to solid ground we shall say that, LOVE AND UNITY have no practical weight in the scales of accomplishment; for they are just words blown into thin air, like the soap bubbles made by an idle boy that cannot withstand even the breath of their lazy creator. If the representative of the people of the world would not, now and then, agree to sit around a table and discuss their differences on the basis of Wisdom, not Love, and come to some kind of mutual agreement, the waters of the entire globe would be tinged with human blood; all the preachings of all the prophets and philosophers would not do an atom of good. Let us understand well that LOVE, in itself, is not a weapon but the product of wise deeds, the outcome of an orderly activity. It may be likened to the fragrant blossoms that open up luxuriantly on the branches of a plant whose roots are embedded in a fertile soil of a well coordinated system. Such is mass-love. It is not the producer but the produced. It sharply differs from the unselfish love of a a mother for her child. The progressive nations who have powerful standing governments, do not depend upon love for the implementation of their laws and order, rather on the efficiency of a well organized and disciplinary system. But as we have mentioned before our case is unique; there is not one like it. We have no government to enforce its laws; we have no land where such an act of enforcement could be carried out. If there were to arise another Hammurabba today, and if her were to receive the Code of Law from the hands of the Almighty again, we would profit by it as much or as little as an experienced helmsman would from his beautiful and well-built ship in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Let us repeat once more: we are scattered all over the globe; we have been chopped into pieces by our religious sentiments; we have not the smallest piece of land that may call our own; we have no political leadership recognized by majority; we have no funds of any kind to support our educational and welfare activities, which are at a pitifully low level. What is worse of all is that with all the foregoing handicaps we pride ourselves in imitating the advanced societies with our sham progressive activities such as: our annual conventions celebrated in topmost class of hotels, our honorary awards, our pompous dinners, our senseless and useless radio programs, our election of man or lady of the year, etc. All these gaudy activities are nothing but a coat of thin bright paint on the boards of a coffin of which the contents are decomposing rapidly and radiating repulsive odors. William Daniel From "Assyrians of Today, Their Problem, And A Solution" 1969 =========================================================================== G O O D M O R N I N G B E T - N A H R A I N =========================================================================== (ZNUP: London) The Iraqi National Congress is claiming that non-Arabs families living around Mosul are forced to Dahuk. The group says the families have been replaced by Arab families from Mosul. Mosul and its surrounding villages lie in that part of northern Iraq controlled by the Iraqi government. (ZNUP: Ankara) -- Iran's Foreign Minister met an Iraqi Kurdish leader Tuesday amid allegations that Iraq's government had formed an alliance with a rival Kurdish faction. The Iraqi National Congress or INC, told United Press International that the Kurdish Democratic Party of Massoud Barzani had formed a "high committee for security coordination" with the Iraqi government. The committee takes orders "directly" from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's son, Uday. Separately in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati met Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which is the KDP's main rival for control of the Kurdish autonomous zone of northern Iraq. =========================================================================== S U R F S U P ! =========================================================================== "I noticed that you quoted the article I sent in last week concerning the Assyrians in South America. Unfortunately my name was misspelled along with a few other words. No problem, perhaps a business case exists for an Assyrian spell checker... :-) " Jim Esia Houston [The names of Mr. Esia, a ZENDA reader, and Mr. Velayati of the Islamic Republic of Iran were among many other victims of our incorrect use of the new email software we recently purchased. Pleaze akkcept hour sinsere apologeez.]
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"I could not hold my tears as I read Marian's poem [See LITERATUS in the Last issue: "Brown Sister"]... Thank you ZENDA for reminding us of our struggle and thank you Marian for reminding us how 'precious and beautiful and respected' we are. Despite of what I hear and see at the conventions and in the meeting places of our so called leaders I am still very proud of my Assyrian heritage, my Assyrian identity, and of my being an Assyrian woman." RamsinaK
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"I am looking for a list of Assyrian(Aramic, Syriac, Chaldean) names/phrases that has very nice meaning in order to name our new baby that we expect by the end of this month. For example, we named our daughter "AMTHEH D'MARRYA" which a phrase that I took from the Holy Bible(Luke 1:38) that means "handmaid of the Lord". For short we call her AMTHA. Her name is very unique, it has very nice meaning, it is Assyrian, and we love it. There is a lot of names like Don Jack, Adrian Rick, ..etc which has NO meaning in our language and why I should name my child with something that does has ANY meaning in our language? Thank you in advance and below is my email address which you can give/publish to anyone. Sam Kosa San Diego, California Wisam.Kosa@SanDiegoCa.Ncr.Com [For many centuries, under religius and political persecutions and often through ignorance, Assyrians have been adopting names derived from languages different from Akkadian and Aramaic. Mardin (M), Larsa (F), Onita (F), Pauldin (M), Sharona (F), and Beniel (M) are among the many beautiful Assyrian names suitable for use in Western communities. Need more? Contact us again and indicate your choice of first or last letter and syllable (i.e. "M" or "Mar") or perhaps relate a concept (i.e. freedom) and emotion (i.e. love), etc. ]
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"Last week I was called upon by a close Lawyer friend of mine, to translate for a 24 year old Assyrian whose plight to freedom led him to the Du Page County jail awaiting his trial to be accepted as a Political Asylum in this country. He had been there for 73 days already, as the trial process was dragging on. What shocked me most about this young man was the ordeal he had been through back in Iraq since he was 19 years old, he had been imprisoned twice, simply for trying to help his People, to prevent them from starving to death in the no-fly zone in Northern Bet-Nahrain, he killed no one, harmed no one and did not even bother anyone, he simply helped Assyrians. For that he was Electrically Shocked several times, his finger was blown off, clubbed and beaten beyond recognition and more creative techniques used to torture and frighten people there into submission. Needless to say, I was greatly disturbed while translating, and I hoped that there was some way that I could help his case, and get him out of jail so that he can assume normal living, more pleasant than what he had gone through for his last five years. Can you advise, may be our Omta Leaders should appeal or organize something on his behalf, our radio stations, TV's and Magazines should ask the Authorities here, to seriously consider granting him Asylum here. His transcript is about 11 pages long, contains ugly details, perhaps not fit for the general audience, but if I have his permission, and the Lawyer's permission, I would like to post but a few exerpts in Zenda. Thank you, and may God protect our people over there from the Evil that prevails there. Sargon Yalda Chicago [ZENDA suggests that you contact the office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo in Washington and bring the young man's case to her attention. ZEDNA will gladly print your articles in its entirety. Contact Congresswoman Eshoo at http://www-eshoo.house.gov/ ]
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"...I want to take this opportunity to let you know how much I enjoy reading ZENDA and to thank you for the hard work you put in week after week." Nineveh Ponsonby London, England [See NEWS DIGEST for Ms. Ponsonby article on the British Museum's news and information.]
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"I have been informed that Rev. Yousip Sermiz phone number listed in last issue is wrong. This correct number is (905) 607-7660." Ashur Simon Malek Ontario, Canada =========================================================================== S U R F E R S C O R N E R =========================================================================== ON-LINE CHATS WITH ASSYRIAN CYBERSURFERS Last week, Nineveh On-Line announced instantanrous dialogs over the internet between several points of contact (online surfers). Albert Gabrial of Nineveh On-Line has kindly invited ZENDA to be its first online guest. While connected users of this free service will be able to ask questions and comment on any topics with the designated guest. =========================================================================== N E WE S D I G E S T =========================================================================== THE BRITISH LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (ZNDA: London) Opening on Friday 31 January at the British Museum in London, is "The HSBC Money Gallery". This is the first gallery of its kind in any of the world's great museums. It presents the history of money, from the earliest records of payments found in the cuneiform tablets of Ancient Mesopotamia and the origins of coinage in Turkey and China during the 7th century BC, down to contemporary methods of electronic transfer. Room 68, Events: Tuesdays in February and March; Family Events (17-21 February) Contact 0171 323 8511/8854 for details. The British Library holds over a thousand books on the subject pertaining to Assyrians. Since the British Library is a reference library only, by law a copy of every book published in the U.K must be kept here. Unfortunately obtaining written information is costly, for example, the cost of obtaining a list of books with the title Assyria or Assyrian in them, would be in the region of L200 British pounds. The Library is open for reference from 10.00 4.45 Monday to Friday. To apply for a reader's ticket, contact +44 171 323 8031.
SADDAM'S OLDEST SON HAS GANGRENE IN HIS LEG
(ZNUP: Baghdad) The Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's eldest son reportedly has a bullet lodged in his spine and gangrene in his leg. The British Broadcasting Corp. quotes an Iraqi opposition leader as saying Saturday that Uday Hussein has had 10 bullets removed from his body since an assassination attempt on Dec. 12 in Baghdad. On Friday, the Iraqi government-controlled media assailed France for refusing to grant a visa to Uday to allow him to be treated in French hospitals. It also warned France's decision would have repercussions.Uday has been linked to a number of political killings in Iraq. Most recently, he was said to be the driving force behind the shooting deaths of two of his brothers-in-law, who returned to Iraq in early 1996 after having defected to Jordan. =========================================================================== N E W S B I T s =========================================================================== No Entries! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -End of Section 1 of 2 ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From zenda@ix.netcom.com Mon Jan 20 04:08:26 1997 Return-Path: zenda@ix.netcom.com Received: from dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.9]) by emin15.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id EAA23921; Mon, 20 Jan 1997 04:08:21 -0500 Received: from 114121 (sjx-ca56-42.ix.netcom.com [205.186.122.106]) by dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA26895; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 23:34:55 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970119233521.006a5e60@popd.ix.netcom.com> X-Sender: zenda@popd.ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (32) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 23:43:19 -0800 To: zenda@ix.netcom.com From: ZENDA Subject: ZENDA I (Vol II,#48 ; 1/20/97) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable