In the classrooms of the Kurdistan Region, a quiet but profound success story is being written in one of the world's most ancient languages. For students like Sherpil Shimul, a ninth grader attending ...
Assyrians are an indigenous people of what are today Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq. As a result of Muslim persecutions and massacres, Assyrians are now a non-sovereign minority in their native lands.
Students at Niles North and Niles West High Schools may soon be the first in the country able to take an accredited Assyrian language and culture course if the Niles Township High School District 219 ...
In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...
A crowd erupted into cheers during a recent meeting of the District 219 Niles Township High School Board of Education after the board voted unanimously to add an Assyrian language and culture course ...