Larissa Petrosspour’s Speech at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

Ladies and gentleman,   It is so heartwarming to see so many of our fellow Assyrian gathered here today. On behalf of Seyfo Center, I would to thank you all for coming to the awareness walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.   On August 7, 1933, the Iraqi military killed more than 3,000 Assyrians in Semele and many other villages in Iraq. Assyrians were indiscriminately slaughtered on that day.   Furthermore, many Assyrian families lost their homes and were forced

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Iraq through Australian eyes: Casey-Bruce Correspondence[1]

The Australian Prime Minister, Stanley M.Bruce (1923-29) appointed Richard Gardiner Casey as Australian political liaison officer to London in late 1923. This decision proved to be very important for Australia, at a time when it was trying to chart its own ‘independent’ foreign policy within a British imperial framework Casey had direct access to secret British documents and also held conversations with officials of the British Foreign and Colonial offices’. Over the next 5 years Casey was to provide Bruce

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We are pleased to announce that Mr. Stavros Terry Stavridis, who is an independent researcher, has joined SEYFO Center advisor board.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Stavros Terry Stavridis, who is an independent researcher, has joined SEYFO Center advisor board. Stavros Terry Stavridis was born in Cairo, Egypt of Greek parents. He migrated to Australia with his parents and resides both in Australia and the US. Stavros holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Political Science/Economic History and B.A (Hons) in European History from Deakin University and M.A in Greek/Australian History from RMIT University in Australia. His MA thesis

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California Recognizes Assyrian Genocide

By Carmen Morad (AINA) — Sabri Atman, the founder, and the director of the Assyrian Genocide and Research Center, was invited to attend the 103rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Remembrance at the California State Assembly in Sacramento California on April 23, 2018. Assembly Joint Resolution No. 37 was introduced by Assembly Member Friedman and coauthored with Assembly Member Nazarian. Related: The Assyrian Genocide The Turkish genocide claimed the lives of 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1 million Greeks and 1.5 million Armenians. AJR 37 designates

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The Assyrian Patriarch Mar Binyamin

Assyrians and Two World Wars Translated by Raman Michael from the book Aturayi w-tre plashi tiwilayeh (Assyrians and Two World Wars), by Yacoub Bar Malik Ismael of Upper Tyar; published by Sita Sapreta d-Alaymi Aturayi (Assyrian Students’ Literary Committee); Tehran, 1964. An account of the invitation of His Holiness the Patriarch Mar Binyamin by Ismael Agha (Simku) in the town of Kuhnashahir, in the district of Salamast, for the union and alliance of Assyrians with the Kurds.   This historical account and the murder

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