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By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon We have seen in article 2 of this series that the syntax and grammar of the Lebanese dialect are both entirely Syriac. But it is also important to know that the current Lebanese vocabulary still contains…

By Heleen Murre-van den Berg Professor of Global Christianity, director Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (hlmvandenberg.me) Introduction[i] In March 1930, the poet and novelist Franz Werfel made a long trip to the Middle East. It was the second visit time he and his wife Alma Mahler visited the region. This time the…

MARDIN, Turkey – In September 2019, treasure hunters were reported to illegally excavate an archaeological site in the village of Göktaş in Turkey’s southeaster Mardin province. Local authorities took over the site and transferred it to archaeologists of Mardin Museum and the Diyarbakır regional Centre for Restoration and Conservation. After…

This article was originally published by The Assyrian Journal in September 2020. The original can be found Here. By Yasmeen Altaji  | CHICAGO—A delegation of U.S.-based Assyrian leaders met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials last Friday to discuss the fate of suspected mass grave sites believed to be related…

This article was originally published by The Oasis Center on 14 May 2017. The original can be found here. By Martino Diez About 15 million Christians, among the native and immigrant faithful, are estimated to live in the Middle East today. In some countries, they are in sharp decline (Iraq…

This article was originally published by Greek City Times. The original can be found Here. On September 14 each year, Greek communities worldwide commemorate the Greeks of Asia Minor who were murdered by the governments of the Young Turks and Mustafa Kemal Pasha. This commemoration is part of the wider…

By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon To show the importance of Syriac in the Lebanese tongue, and to proof it is a dialect of Syriac, we will go through 6 typical phrases and 5 proverbs, and analyze them word by word to…

By Dr. Amine Jules Iskandar President of the Syriac Maronite Union – Tur Levnon Is today’s spoken Lebanese originally a dialect of Syriac? To answer this question in an academic way we need to consider the analysis of the following linguistic approaches: • The Syntax: the structure of the phrases;…

By Heleen Murre-van den Berg Professor of Global Christianity, director Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (hlmvandenberg.me) 27 October 2015 – Settling in back home after a week of talks in Beirut about the effects of the current crisis in the Middle East on the region’s Christians, I’m trying to make…