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BETH ZABDAY-AZAKH (IDIL), Tur Abdin — Recent actions by the Department of Zoning and Urban Planning of Idil Municipality involving the sealing and demolition of properties and public structures belonging to Syriac citizens in Beth Zabday (Azakh-Idil) have sparked widespread backlash. A press release published by Melke Karagöl, lawyer of the Idil Virgin Mary Church Foundation, emphasized that these actions of targeting family homes, businesses, and a church guesthouse with continued legal proceedings have led to a sense of intimidation and severe anxiety within the Syriac community.

On 26 September 2026, Wikimedia Iraq User Group – Mosul organized the workshop “Old Mosul on Wikipedia” at Mosul Heritage Library. The event brought together Wikimedians and participants interested…

This book examines five Syriac historiographical excerpt collections from Miaphysite milieus (6th-10th c.), preserved in MSS Deir al-Surian Syr. 28A, British Library Add. 12155, 14533, 12154, and Vat....

From far-right billionaires to ultraconservative TikTok influencers, the movement laid Easter eggs all along Leo XIV’s trail through Paris

By Ablahad Hanna Saka | Member of the Bethnahrin National Council in Iraq Introduction: When Documentation Becomes a Duty to History The history of cities is written not only through official documents, political decisions, and major events. It is also written through the lives of ordinary people, through professions, their homes, shops, work spaces, their relationships with their neighbors, and the traces they left behind in the daily life of a society.

“Repatriation ceremonies are a powerful reminder that preserving cultural heritage transcends any border or nationality,” said District Attorney Bragg. “This was an incredibly complicated, multi-facet...

ARSUZ, Turkey — The earthquake of 8 February 2023 had their epicenters in Maraş and affected 11 Turkish provinces and millions of people. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives. Homes, places of worship, and workplaces were destroyed. More than three years after the disaster, many sacred buildings are still leveled. Hatay Province is one of the provinces where churches and synagogues were impacted by the massive destruction.

Een scherf, gevonden in de omgeving van Krefeld, heeft een Aramese inscriptie en documenteert de meertaligheid van het Romeinse Rijk.

De vriendin van mijn moeder is dood. Ze kenden elkaar al sinds de hbs in Rotterdam, dus daarom kende ik haar ook mijn hele leven. De vriendin was orthopedisch schoenmaker. Het eerste paar laarsjes voo...

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Christianity reached Africa soon after the rise of the religion, spreading first to Egypt and later across the Maghreb and southward into Aksum/Ethiopia and Nubia/Sudan.

Na veertig jaar vertalen ontvangt Djûke Poppinga de Cultuurfonds Vertaalprijs Martinus Nijhoff voor haar verdiensten voor de Arabische literatuur. Ze vertelt over leven met een boek, de…

Rabbijn Edward van Voolen over Joods Nieuwjaar en Grote Verzoendag Een achtbaan: zo zou je goed kunnen samenvatten wat Joden in september met een hele reeks feestdagen te wachten staat. Op Nieuw Jaar ...

Een nieuwe aflevering in de serie Neerlandistiek voor kinderen van 10-14 jaar.

RIJSSEN, Netherlands — The first thing heard on a Sunday morning at the Syriac Orthodox Church of St. Ignatius Nurono is not Dutch. It is Syriac, part of the Aramaic language family. This ancient language rises with the incense, carried through the church in hymns whose words have been sung by generations of Christians long before the community's families ever arrived in the Netherlands.

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De Nijmeegse classicus Vincent Hunink vertaalde de tachtig gedichten van de christelijke auteur Commodianus en dat is absoluut fascinerend.

Arguments over development plans and landownership have created a spiraling dispute, dividing the monks of St. Catherine’s and pitching them against the governments of Greece and Egypt