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Sep. 29

William Daniel

Kateeny Gabbara (Kateeny the Great) is a legendary Assyrian hero who goes on many adventures and fights a monster named Shidda.  In the mid-twentieth century, the Assyrian composer and writer, William D. S. Daniel, collected different Assyrian oral traditions about Kateeny to […]

Sep. 17

10 Year Radio Anniversary

This summer marks the 10-year anniversary of Ninos Nirari’s radio program.  He first began the program at the request of the late Rabi Homer Ashurian, who was then serving on the board of the […]

Sep. 13

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge & Sir Reginald Wingate

In 2020, the Ashurbanipal Library received a large donation from the collection of the late Assyrian publisher, Youel Abraham Baaba.  The donation arrived from England and included many amazing books.  One […]

Sep. 03

Aramaic Bible Translation Pt. I

  Did you know that there is currently a team working on creating a new Assyrian (modern Aramaic dialect) translation of the Bible?  Although an Assyrian translation of the Bible does already exist, the […]

Aug. 27

Alex Agase Part II

Perhaps you may remember that we posted about the Assyrian football player and coach, Alex Agase, back in June? We are excited to announce that since then, we have discovered […]