Subj: ZENDA II (Vol III,#4 ; 3/10/97) Date: 97-03-10 04:42:40 EST From: zenda@ix.netcom.com (ZENDA) To: zenda@ix.netcom.com --=====================_858007744==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Aadaar 10, 6746 March 10, 1997 ***** ***** * * **** ** * * ** * * * * * * *** * * * * * ****** * * * ** * * * * ***** ***** * * **** * * Volume III, Issue 4 A Weekly Online Publication of the ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency -Section 2 of 2- =========================================================================== Z I G G U R A T =========================================================================== DIE "ASSYRER" WER SIND SIE? Die "Assyrer" wer sind sie? Wo und wie leben sie? Das sind Fragen, die mich schon meinen ganzen Lebenslang beschaeftigten. Diese Fragen zu beantworten ist doch ein Kinderspiel und darum brauche ich doch keine Buecher lesen, dachte ich, denn ich bin schliesslich selst eine Assyrerin!! Im Laufe meines Lebens lernte ich aber, dass ich mich getaescht habe. Als ich nach Deutschland kam und das erste Mal jemanden erzelte, dass ich eine Assyrerin bin, sah er mich so an, als ob er eine Verrueckte vor sich haette und meinte: ja, ja, schon gut, warum bist Du dann nicht in einem Museum? Als ich aber nicht aufgab und darauf beharrte, dass ich es ernst meine,betrachtete er mich so wie ein Objekt, das man in einem Museum betrachten wuerde. Denn er war davon ueberzeugt, dass die Assyrer schon lange ausgestorben sind, und dass man den Rest ihrer reichen Kultur nur noch in Museen, wie das Pergamon beobachten koennte. Leider ist dies aber nich mein einziges Erlebniss geblieben. Nach und nach bin ich darauf gekommen, dass ich noch sehr viel zum Nachholen hab. Ich lernte weiterhin, dass ich noch sehr viel lesen und lernen muesste, bevor ich mich in der Oeffentlichkeit als Assyrerin aussern und behaupten duerfte. Ist es Dir auch mal so ergangen? Bist Du auch ein Assyrer, eine Assyrerin, der/die in Deutschland lebt? Moechtest Du Deine Erlebnisse uns mitteilen? Ich denke, dass dieser internationale Teil ZENDAs uns eine gute Moeglichkeit anbiettet, miteinder auch mal auf Deutsch zu sprechen und von einander zu lernen, uns ueber die Situation unsere Volkes in Deutschland auszutauschen, usw. Heir moechte ich deshalb mich bei dem Zustaendigen, bzw "ZENDA STAFF" bedanken. Zum Schluss bitte ich um Verzeihung, da ich noch kein Sofware habe, der es mir ermoeglich die Umlaute ueber E-mail zu schicken, muesste ich wie auf Schreibmaschine schreiben, aber hoffentlich habe ich ihn fuer das naechste Mal. =========================================================================== C A L E N D A R OF E V E N T S =========================================================================== 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 Thru April 27 Masterpieces from the Pierpot Morgan Libray: A collection of relics 3300 B.C. to 1800 B.C. Cylindrical Seals From Uruk, Akkadian, Babylonia and Assyria California Palace of the Legion of Honor Lincoln Park, San Francisco. (415)863-3330 Thru Fall 1997 Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur 2650-2550 B.C. Third Floor -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Mar 16 A Program in Honor of Nimrod (Benva) Simono Assyrian Church of the East Hall (Awana) 680 Minnesota Avenue 5:30 pm Mar 25 The Discovery of a 3rd Millennium BCE Trading Post in Northern Mesopotamia A Hagop Kevorkian Lecture Lecture by Dr. Michel Fortin of the Department of History, Laval University, Quebec The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 33rd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6 p.m. Reception follows Rainey Auditorium. Free (215) 898-4890 Apr 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 Apr 11-13 Big Bear Ski Trip Skiing, hiking, Mountain biking, etc. Assyrian Student Union Big Bear Trip Members $40 non-members $65 Includes lodging, transportation, and first night's food. There will be Contact Sargon Gewargis: fishtale@juno.com s8913705@mail.themall.net Apr 24 Beginning of Settled Village Life in Eastern Anatolia Dr. Michael Rosenberg Associate Professor, University of Delaware 6:00 p.m. Reception Follows Rainey Auditorium Free (215) 898-4890 May 4 "Near Eastern Archeology" Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy University of California, San Diago Location: Westchester, New York Call Hugo Vandenwall Bake (914) 472-0874 May 5 "Near Eastern Archeology" Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Levy University of California, San Diego Location: Tufts University, Boston Call Jodi Magness (617) 628-5000 x2680 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classicsDept/aia.html May 23-26 Assyrian State Convention of California Turlock, California May 24 A C N C '97 The Third Assyrian Community Networking Conference The Assyrian State Convention of California Turlock, California Organized by The Assyrian Community Networking Society Aug 26-Sept 2 Assyrian American National Convention Hyatt Regency Dearborn Fairlane Town Center Detroit, Michigan All Single,double,triple,quad rooms: $95 per day Reservations: (313) 982-6880 Reservations must be made by August 7. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E N T R A C T E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 21 Kha b'Neesan Cocktail Dance Party Assyrian American Association of San Jose San Jose Athletic Club 196 North 3rd Street (408) 292-1281 7:30 pm Donation: $30.00 "Hot Hord d'oevres!" No tickets sold at the door/no reservations For tickets call: Caroline Nasseri (408) 268-7990 Ellen Sayad (408) 997-0392 Jaleh Atniel (408) 927-8881 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E L L I G E N T S I A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO Assyrian Athletic Club Soccer Development Program Ages 7-14 7:45-9:45 pm Mondays Weber Park Gymnasium Western Avenue & Devon Street HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1997-98 Syriac Classes Taught by Dr. J.F. Coakley Elementary Syriac Instructor: J. F. Coakley Basic Syriac grammar and syntax with selected readings from the Syriac Bible and other early texts. Readings in Syriac I Historical and theological texts, and early poetry Readings in Syriac II Special attention to exegetical texts and to reading manuscripts. MODESTO Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at Modesto Junior College 1:00 pm Fridays Founders Hall 108 Modesto, U.S.A. NORTH HOLLYWOOD Assyrian Boy Scouts Assyrian American Association of Southern California Assyrian Club 5901 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, California 9:30am to 12:30pm Sundays 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 SAN JOSE Nisibin School Assyrian Language Classes Ages 5-14 10:00-1:00 pm Saturdays AAA of San Jose BETA 20000 Almaden Road Raabie Nimrod Simono's Intermediate Grammar Class AAA of San Jose BETA ONLY IN MARCH Class Days Vary (Contact ZENDA for more information) Maestro Nebu Issabey's Nineveh Choir Practice AAA of San Jose BETA 8:00 pm Thursdays TORONTO Nisibis School 10:30-1:30 Saturdays The Church of the East Toronto, Canada =========================================================================== A S S Y R I A N S U R F I N G P O S T S =========================================================================== Here are a few titles found in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: ANCIENT CULTURES OF MESOPOTAMIA video collection: Assurnasirpal--The Assyrian King Babylon-The Gate of the Gods Hatra Mesopotamian Heritage of Islamic Architecture Sumerian Kingdom of Ur For more information see The Rotch Library Visual Collections website: http://nimrod.mit.edu/depts/rvc/ =========================================================================== P U M P UP THE V O L U M E =========================================================================== English Modern Assyrian Editorial Sia/mo/na [F] Article mam/la [F] ___________________________________________________________________________ F = Feminine M = Masculine P = Plural =========================================================================== B A C K TO THE F U T U R E =========================================================================== B.C. (1792) Some scholars believe that this was the year Hammurabi, king of Babylon rose to power on the basis of observations of the planet Venus, recorded in the reign of one king Hammurabi's successors. << Sumer and the Sumerians, Crawford >> A.D. (1945) The Assyrian National Petition was presented to the World Security Conference at San Francisco. << The Assyrian National Question, Dadesho >> =========================================================================== L I T E R A T U S =========================================================================== A 5000-Year-Old "Father & Son: Discussion "Where did you go?" "I did not go anywhere." "If you did not go anywhere, why do you idle about? Go to school, stand before your school-father, write your tablet, let your big-brother write your new tablet for you. After you have finished your assignment and reported to your monitor, come to me, and do not wander about in the street. Come now, do you know what I said?" "I know, I'll tell it to you." "Come now, repeat it to me." "I'll repeat it to you." "Tell it to me." "come on, tell it to me." "You told me to go to school, recite my assignment, open my schoolbag, write my tablet, while my big-brother is to write my new tablet. After finishing my assignment, I am to proceed to my work and to come to you after I have reported to my monitor. That's what you told me." << History Begins at Sumer, Kramer >> =========================================================================== T H I S W E E K I N H I S T O R Y =========================================================================== March 12, 1838: The first Assyrian school for girls, with only four registered students, is inaugurated in Urmie, Iran. =========================================================================== B R A V O =========================================================================== SALMA HAYEK Born in 1968 in Mexico Salma Hayek is a film star throughout much of Latin America. Salma (Assyrian "image") is of Lebanese Assyrian-Maronite descent, was educated by nuns and completed her studies in International Relations in Mexico City. As star of a Spanish-language soap opera she came to Hollywood in 1990 and began her acting career in such films as "Fled" with Laurence Fishburne and in Quentin Tarantino's "From Dusk Till Dawn." She was also in "Desperado" with Antonio Banderas. She can be seen this week (March 16) on cable TV as Esmeralda in TNT's production of "The Hunchback" (of Notre Dame). Salma is single and lives in the Hollywood Hills. =========================================================================== 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 Software Technologies UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS =========================================================================== S A L U T E =========================================================================== Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals & organizations whose contributions appear in this issue: Adrin Taksh Berlin, Germany Lorine Merza San Jose, California Esha Tamras San Jose, California and the following individual(s) for introducing ZENDA to our new readers: Ramin Daniels San Jose, California --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --=====================_858007744==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ACNC97.txt" CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND PARTICIPATION A C N C '97 The Third Assyrian Community Networking Conference May 24, 1997 Turlock, CA Organized by The Assyrian Community Networking Society _________________________________ O b j e c t i v e s The Third annual Assyrian Community Networking Conference will focus on the creation of an Assyrian information infrastructure and will provide some practical applications to enhance community interaction. Experts from such fields as education, business and technology will share information through formal presentations, panel discussions and informal gatherings. The conference will formulate the requirements for building and maintaining community-based networks. Knowledgeable members of the networking community will share their experiences in a "Working Together" panel discussion. The panel discussion also aims to: o define organizational structures o establish partnerships o formulate software/hardware requirements The conference further aims to assist individuals representing Assyrian clubs, churches, foundations and businesses on how to use the information superhighway to help advance the goals and needs of our community. Over the past two years Assyrians have discovered the power of community networking. The third ACNC will focus on the issues necessary to enhance existing communication. By working together, we can make it HAPPEN ! T o p i c s The conference will cover the following topics: o Evaluation of current Assyrian presence on the Internet based on the experience gained with soc.culture.assyrian, ZENDA, Nineveh Online, Assyria Online, Assyrian Server and other Community Web pages. o Build and enhance a larger infrastructure for Assyrian community networking. o Explore how the Internet can benefit community development. o Examine the key technical issues to be considered. ACNC ' 97 will be held in Turlock (CA) parallel with the Assyrian State Convention 1997. Accommodations will be available at local hotels. The conference is open for registration to any individual.The conference will consist of two sessions and a panel discussion. In addition to a keynote address, there will also be a number of individual presentations. Proposals for demonstrations, panel discussions or related activities are welcome. Papers related to the topics of the conference are also welcome and may be submitted by the following means: (1) electronically (e.mail); or (2) through Nineveh Online Web site (http://www.nineveh.com/acnc97/htm); or (3) by Fax (805) 565-0628. In all cases, submissions must be received NO LATER THAN March 30, 1997. Please identify yourself by providing your name, address telephone number, as well as fax and e-mail if available. Specify if you prefer to be contacted one way or another. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by May 5, 1997. ____________________________________________________________________________ General Chairman: Abdulmesih BarAbrahem, Sunnyvale, CA Conference Secretary: Albert Gabriel, Hollister, CA. Program Committee: Francis Sarguis, Santa Barbara, CA Ninva Ponsonby, London, UK Abdulmesih BarAbrahem, Sunnyvale, CA Local Committee: On-Site Registration, Accommodations and Demonstrations (Equipment, Networking etc.) Lena Mushell, San Jose, CA Rima Nesan, San Jose, CA Esha Tamraz, San Jose, CA Albert Gabriel, Hollister, CA ACNC '97 is pleased to have the generous support of AUOC (Assyrian United Organizations of California), and it is also grateful for the assistance provided by Grafeex Design, San Jose, CA. __________________________________________________________________________ Correspondence and submissions: Email: albert@nineveh.com or to chrisa@juno.com FAX: (805) 565-0628 http: www.nineveh.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Please return the following FREE REGISTRATION FORM by March. 30, 1997 at the latest. Registration before March 30th, 1997 is FREE Registration after March 30th is $15. Admission for non-registered is $30 (walk-in). ___________________________________________________________________________ Name: .................................................. Address: .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. e.mail: .................................................. Phone: .................................................. Fax: .................................................. I intend to give a talk on the following subject ...................................., and [ ] prepare a full paper [ ] with only a one-page abstract I intend to make [ ] a demonstration [ ] no talk or demonstration ___________________________________________ This announcement is also available at: Nineveh On-Line: http://www.nineveh.com/acnc97.htm & other Assyrian sites. --=====================_858007744==_-- ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From zenda@ix.netcom.com Mon Mar 10 04:42:14 1997 Return-Path: zenda@ix.netcom.com Received: from dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.9]) by emin12.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id EAA25742; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 04:42:12 -0500 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id BAA01401; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 01:26:23 -0600 (CST) Received: from unknown(139.87.93.19) by dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id sma001324; Mon Mar 10 01:26:15 1997 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970309232711.00685d6c@popd.ix.netcom.com> X-Sender: zenda@popd.ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (32) Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 23:29:04 -0800 To: zenda@ix.netcom.com From: ZENDA Subject: ZENDA II (Vol III,#4 ; 3/10/97) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=====================_858007744==_"