Vienna -- In the hushed world of Assyrian (Syriac) manuscripts, where the faint ink of saints, poets, and scholars still murmurs through the centuries, damage is more than decay; it is silence. A tear ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHICAGO — It was a monumental project with modest beginnings: a small group of scholars and some index cards. The plan was to explore a long-dead language ...

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 ...

Shabo Rhawi is clearly vexed during our first meeting. Sitting in the office of Elafskolan, the only school in Europe with a curriculum specifically designed for Assyrian children, the headmaster ...

Assyrian language students dancing in traditional garb. Fairfield, Australia -- The Assyrian Diqlat School, a community language school based at Fairvale High School, recently celebrated its 40th ...

The Assyrian Language College and for the last 10 years has opened its doors to young Assyrians as well as older adults to ...

If you come across a word or phrase in another language, a printed or online dictionary is usually a good place to look for help. If you're faced with a language that's long been dead, however, then ...

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 ...

It took Aramaic speakers 1,500 years to agree on Christology, now their main debate is over Assyrian identity. Could Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq encourage unity? Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Iraq ...