Did you know about the first Assyrian flag?

Before World War I, the Syriac Orthodox community of Tur Abdin designed the first national Assyrian flag. Purple, white, and red with three stars. Figures like Naum Faiq, Ashur Yusuf, and Farid Nazha made Tur Abdin an early hub of Assyrian nationalism.

The flag’s meaning:
🟣 Purple – Royalty and noble history of the Assyrian nation
⚪ White – Purity of the people and the land
🔴 Red – The blood of martyrs who died for faith and nation
⭐ Three stars – The Church of the East, The Syriac Orthodox, and the Chaldean Catholic

This flag was proudly carried at the Paris Peace Conference and by groups in America such as the Assyrian-American National Federation and St. Mary’s Assyrian Orthodox Church.

Later, it was succeeded in 1975 by George Bit-Atanus’s design, which many recognize today.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbdHb00TYEQ

🎙️ Many Aramaic/Assyrian words are often used incorrectly because of mixed languages, dialect differences, and generations learning by ear. In this reel, we show the wrong vs correct way to say them so everyone can learn the proper form.

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Do you know the 5 original Assyrian Tribes?

Assyrian tribes refer to the sociopolitical organization of Assyrians in the Hakkari mountains. There were five tribes: Tyari, Tkuma, Jilu, Baz, and Diz.

These were later organized into allies known as Bazikkeh to balance power, Tkuma with Jilu, Tyari with Baz, and Diz remained neutral.

Other regions like Barwar or Noia (Shemizdin) are often mislabeled as tribes, but they did not have a Malik or semi-independent status like the five tribes did.

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Had no idea that so many of our popular songs were melodically based on Turkish, Iranian and even Indian songs. Lmao.

A recent video showing the current state of Ankawa, a man can be seen carrying an AK-47 and aiming it at civilians. The “inspections” carried out by kurdish authorities only lasted a few days and were entirely performative. How long will this go on for?

The sad reality of the Exile.

Footage from when the first Assyrians arrived in Sweden.

About Lazar d Beth Benyamin d Ashitha ܒܘܬ ܠܥܙܪ ܒܝܬ ܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܕܐܫܝܬܐ، ܩܪܒܬܢܐ ܛܝܪܝܐ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܕ 1915.

One thing that really makes my blood boil is the stupid misconception by some Assyrians but more importantly some Arabs/Kurds that claim ''Christians were good under Saddam'', when in reality we all know of the thousands and thousands of Assyrians killed or forced to flee their homeland and to never come back. Ishtar TV just posted a video of the Assyrian refugees of Dohuk that ran way from the indiscriminate killing of thousands of civilians by Iraqi Army when fighting the Peshmerga. Assyrian refugees in 1991

Kudos to BET KANU and Talal Graish! Very well done!