This dialect is distinct from the Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialects spoken by Assyrian and Chaldean communities in other parts of West Asia. The survival of Western Neo-Aramaic in Maaloula is a testament ...

My grandmother was Assyrian. She hailed from Iraq, spoke modern Aramaic, and prayed like clockwork each morning before preparing breakfast. My grandmother's story seems unremarkable, but to take her ...

My grandmother was Assyrian. She hailed from Iraq, spoke modern Aramaic, and prayed like clockwork each morning before preparing breakfast. My grandmother's story seems unremarkable, but to take ...

As early as the 9th century BCE, Gindibu the Arab, king of Qedar, participated in a coalition against Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria ... derived from Imperial Aramaic, had gradually emerged ...

The Syriac language is similar to Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke ... This rite was in union with the Assyrian (Chaldean) church which had fallen into the Nestorian heresy after the Council ...

Dressed in the garb of their ancient royal ancestors, Azadoota perform catchy originals in the Assyrian Aramaic language. Representing a renaissance of their ancient culture, Azadoota deliver an ...

Arbach emphasized the importance of the Christian community for the country's future, telling the pontifical foundation Aid ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation of cultural heritage in post-conflict Iraq and showcases the rise of the New Assyrian Empire.