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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 ...
Sizable Assyrian populations only remain in Syria, where an estimated 400,000 Assyrians live, [169] and in Iraq, where an estimated 300,000 Assyrians live. [170] This is a decline from an estimate of 1,100,000 Assyrians in the 1980’s, following instability caused by the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. [ 171 ]
Trump sent his son, Eric Trump, to court Assyrians in Phoenix shortly before the 2020 election. Mona Oshana, an Iraqi-born Assyrian American who co-founded Assyrians for Trump during his first campaign but is no longer formally involved, said the GOP is a good fit for a religious population that fled persecution by authoritarian governments.
Author of numerous books and articles, Safi is active in the debate on nuclear race, social and political development, and Islam-West issues. He is the chairman of the Syrian American Congress. Mary Sallom (1884–1955), physician in Philadelphia; Yasser Seirawan, chess grandmaster and 4-time US-champion. [78]
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.
Assyrian continuity is the study of continuity between the modern Assyrian people, a recognised Semitic indigenous ethnic, religious, and linguistic minority in Western Asia (particularly in Iraq, northeast Syria, southeast Turkey and northwest Iran) and the people of Ancient Mesopotamia in general and ancient Assyria in particular.
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 ...