Almost two years after his passing on September 17, 2024, the voice of Evin Agassi still echoes deeply within the hearts of many Assyrians. Agassi was more than a musician; he was a cultural bridge, a storyteller of homeland longings, and a unifying symbol for millions scattered across the globe.
Meet the man who has invested countless hours translating forgotten Assyrian magazines issued more than a century ago, and in the process discovered the thoughts and developments that continue to shape the Assyrian nation today.
Arim Hawsho’s ambitious Table of Gods has launched on Kickstarter to an extraordinary global response, raising more than $1.28 million and surpassing its initial $1 million target shortly after going live on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
Assyrian Australian musician Evan Yako is returning to the Sydney Opera House for his third major concert, following two previous sold-out performances at the Australian landmark.
Swiss-Assyrian artist Shamiran Istifan is receiving widespread acclaim for her latest exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus, where her installations explore themes of beauty, migration, identity and censorship through striking visual symbolism.
From the villages of Tur Abdin to readers around the world. Ten years after its original Swedish release, Nemrud Kurt-Haninke's novel about the Seyfo genocide is now entering the English-speaking world.
The Assyrian Foundation of America (AFA) has announced a five-year financial commitment to the Assyrian Studies Association (ASA), pledging $30,000 annually through 2031 in support of the organization's academic and cultural work.
In thousands of living rooms across Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria and other countries a quiet linguistic experiment is taking place. The subjects are the grandchildren of the Assyrian refugees who fled the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey starting in the late 1970s.
Turkish journalist and writer Serdar Korucu's new book records a century-old journey from Seyfo in 1915 to the unknown murders of the 90s and today's hopes of returning through 38 different Assyrian voices from across the diaspora.
There has been a surge of AI-generated music online over the past few months, including AI covers of old songs, entirely new tracks, and even the emergence of Narina Sarkis and Remos Ashuraya, believed to be the first-ever Assyrian AI singers.
As the world celebrates International Mother Language Day this February 21st, the towns and villages of Assyria still chant, sing, pray and speak in a mother tongue that has defied the worst history has thrown at it.
