CULTURE

BARTELLA, Iraq — At the age of 88, scholar and professor Youssef Quz from the town of Bartella in Nineveh Plains, passed away in Ankawa. Quzi was the Secretary-General of Syriac Writers Union and the founder of the Syriac Language Department at the College of Languages ​​at Baghdad University. Born…

ZALIN and QABRE HEWORE, Syria — After three days of joy and cultural expression, the first annual Mardutho Festival concluded in the village of Mharkan with an artistic program that included Syriac lyrical prayers and honors for all the festival participants. The festival, organize by the Syriac Cultural Society, spanned…

By Joseph Yacoub honorary professor in political science at the Catholic University of Lyon The Christians of the Middle East are ‘enjoying’ an unusual and increasingly visible media presence because of the grim perils they are undergoing, especially in Syria and Iraq. The media attention they receive in France is…

ZALIN, Syria — Syriac Cultural Association official in Zalin (Qamishli) in North and East Syria Stefan Masoud recently discussed the preparations for the first Mardutho Cultural Festival which began two months ago. According to Masoud, they have contacted poets, writers, and intellectuals and have arranged the necessary logistics. The festival…

BERLIN — At the age of 86, Iraqi writer and thinker Kadhim Habib passed away in Berlin. Throughout his life, Babib published nearly 30 books and hundreds of articles. Habib, who was born in 1935, was an Iraqi politician, economist, and writer. He was a member of several human rights…

SADAD, Syria — Under the auspices of Mor Timotheus Matta Khoury, Bishop of Homs, Hama, Tartus, and its Environs, the Cultural Festival of Stone Sculpture was held in the city of Sadad with the participation of 11 sculptor artists from different regions of Syria. The festival concluded with an evening…

Originally published on August 27, 2021, on hlmvandenberg.me By Heleen Murre-van den Berg Professor of Global Christianity, director Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen Introduction In various places in the Netherlands, Turkish and Moroccan migrants are commemorating their 50th anniversary in the Netherlands these years. The Syriac…

KERKESLOKH (KIRKUK), Iraq – As part of a regular inspection of schools and educational institutions in Kerkeshlokh city and province, a delegation from the Iraqi Ministry of Education also visited several Syriac, Turkmen, and Kurdish schools to learn about the status and development of the educational process. The delegation included…

VATICAN / LATAKIA, Syria — The Vatican announced Pope Francis’s approval of the election of Father George Khawam Bolsi as Melkite Greek Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Latakia, Tartus, and its Environs. Father George, born in Holeb (Aleppo) in 1959, to parents Salim and Haifa. He joined the seminary…

MARDIN, Turkey – Syriac Member of Turkish Parliament for Mardin Tuma Çelik has raised the matter of a major construction project around Mardin’s main street in Turkish parliament. Resident complain the construction of a multistorey building, which started in 2016, will ruin the urban landscape and Mardin’s monumental and historical…