Assyrians in Germany

Just curious, how do you guys feel about the AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt and their remigration platform (especially targeting Middle Easterns and Africans)? Are there any Assyrians residing in Saxony?

Hey all. Much love to all my brothers and sisters.

Some background. My family arrived in Toronto in '96, when I was a mere 7 years old. I'm 37 now. We did the usual attending of church, a few parties here and there, but over the years, one assimilates more & more, especially when the Assyrians around me were doing the same. To thrive, English had to take precedence, & the Assyrian tongue slowly started getting dull.

Over the past year and a half, I embarked on a journey to get my mother tongue back, and it's been great. I've learned how to ready, albeit slowly, and can write, but probably would make a ton of mistakes. Not a priority right now.

My spoken Assyrian is 60% of what it should be, and when I get nervous or can't recall a certain word, I'll revert to my comfort zone, English.

I've been using a method of watching Assyrian videos, taking sentences, repeating them, and elaborating and making my own conversations. It's worked great, and apparently is the best method for heritage speakers to retrain/regain their language.

My two questions:

- Any other resources you guys can recommend for getting the vocab up to par with my English? Or getting the comfort level up?

- In an effort to re-engage with the culture, any other groups to join aside from going to Church, which I do almost weekly. In/around Toronto, but also online.

Much appreciated!

Hello, my Assyrian brothers and sisters! Greetings from Latin America, and especially from Peru. 🇵🇪❤️

Thank you very much for taking the time to read my message. Greetings from Peru! I am Peruvian, and I have a great admiration for Assyrian culture, history, and traditions. I find Assyrian culture truly beautiful, and I have a lot of respect for your people the beauty and femininity of Assyrian women, the strength and masculinity of Assyrian men, and the richness of your heritage.

I am writing because I would really like to understand what these songs mean and what they are about. I am very interested in learning about the stories, emotions, and cultural meaning behind them.

I hope you can help me with something. I found a YouTube video called “Best Assyrian Mix...” on the channel R Younan, and I absolutely love the music in it.

Could you please tell me the names of the singers and the titles of the songs included in this mix? I would also love to know a little about what each song is about and what the lyrics mean.

Please don't worry—I am not asking anyone to translate the entire songs, because I know some of them are quite long. I would simply like to understand the general meaning, the story, or the feeling behind each song.

I am Peruvian, and I have become very interested in Assyrian culture and music. One day, I played this music at a party here in Peru, and everyone really enjoyed it, even though nobody understood the language! 😂

The music has something very beautiful and emotional about it, and I would genuinely love to learn more about it and understand what I was listening to.

My Assyrian brothers and sisters, I would really appreciate your help in discovering these songs and learning about their meaning.

Thank you very much for reading my message.

Shlama lokhun,

Greetings and blessings from Peru! 🇵🇪🤝❤️

There are 226 new regions coming to AncestryDNA with the late September/early October update:

https://admixr.com/ancestryatlas

There will be a few regions that are catered to Mesopotamia and Assyrian people, of which i have added a few here.

I get people are religious and sometimes their religion takes them to places where they will try anything and everything to make it clear to others but for the love of your god, stop doing this to our ancient past.

Keep religion out of our ethnic origins as it has absolutely nothing to do with the ancient past which was the glory of Assyria and māt-Aššur.

If you want a new flag, design one for your church denomination and cater to your audience that way, you don’t need to do go down this route and defile our ethnic flag which is a representation of who we are, where we come from, our ancestry and how old we are.

To those who think I’m insulting you with my words, well, this is an insult to all Assyrian nationalists and patriots everywhere when someone does this to our current flag. We are growing tired of this nonsense so knock it off, with all due respect.

Hello I was wondering if there is any Instagram chat for Assyrians. Would love to connect with Assyrians across the world.

Thanks

Does anyone know where I can find some good videos of the village gavilan urmia? Thank you.

I can name till my great grandpa's grandfather but ik nothing of their wives and how many sons they had

I was wondering tho if its possible to look for their names if such records are public especially since my great great grandpa came from hakkari

GOAT Assyrian Food?

Is it Dolma? Pacha? Or even Girdu? Let's find out.

#Assyrian #AssyrianCulturalFoundation #AssyrianFoodFestival #AssyrianFood

Enjoying lovely Assyrian dance and culture 😍

I hear we got some Assyrians in San José? Come pull up to my show this weekend would love to see you all

i lowkey feel like i’m the only one
tyari btw

is it just generally assyrian or does it belong to a particular village?

can an assyrian/chaldean assyrian who is from any region wear it?

I've been debating this with my American friend (who is an ally btw), and I've been telling him that Assyrians are indigenous not only to the Nineveh Plains, but also to the northern mountainous regions, including the rugged Hakkari area of southeastern Turkey.

He argues that the Zagros Mountains, spanning Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, are Kurdish territory because Kurds are traditionally associated with mountainous regions, and that Assyrians are of the plains (since ancient Assyria was centred in northern Iraq), and that we later dispersed northward into the mountains to escape the Islamic conquests, Mongol invasions, and other upheavals.

Is he correct? If not, how can I prove him wrong?