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Beneil Dariush, Assyrian American professional mixed martial artist [47] Daniel Alaei, professional poker player; John Batchelor, American author and host of The John Batchelor Show radio news magazine [48] Bob Miner, former American businessman, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and the producer of Oracle's relational database management system ...
After being conquered by the Assyrians, many people, including the Arameans, were deported to the Assyrian heartland and elsewhere. Due to a large number of Aramaic-speaking people, the Aramaization of Assyria began. The relationship between Arameans and Assyrians grew stronger, with Aramean scribes working with Assyrian ones. [266]
In Melbourne, Assyrians live in the northwestern suburbs of Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park and Fawkner. In 2016, Melbourne had 13,812 people who claimed Assyrian ancestry. [68] The Assyrian community is growing, and there are new arrivals from Syria and Iraq, adding to those with origins in Iran, Jordan and the Caucasus.
The Christian quarter of Damascus was destroyed in the 1860 civil war. The earliest known Syrian and first Arab to die for the United States was Private Nathan Badeen, an immigrant from Ottoman Syria who died fighting British forces during the American Revolutionary War on May 23, 1776, a month and a half prior to American independence. [16]
Assyrians celebrate many different kinds of traditions within their communities, with the majority of Assyrian traditions being tied to Christianity.A number include feast days (Syriac: hareh) for different patron saints, the Rogation of the Ninevites (ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܝ̈ܐ, Baʿutha d-Ninwaye), Ascension Day (Kalo d-Sulaqa), and the most popular, the Kha b-Nisan (ܚܕ ܒܢܝܣܢ, 'First ...
American football. Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player [52] [53] Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player [53] Boxing. Mustafa Hamsho; Sammy Merza – USA based middleweight [54] Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American super middleweight boxer, Illinois State ...
Assyrian diaspora in the United States (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Assyrian diaspora in North America" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Juliana Taimoorazy (Syriac: ܓ̰ܘܠܝܢܐ ܬܡܪ̈ܙܐ; [4] born 1973) is an Assyrian American activist from Iran.She is the founder and current president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, a position that she's held since its inception in 2007.