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As a result of this, the Assyrian population in the Middle East has decreased dramatically. As of today there are more Assyrians in the diaspora than in their homeland. The largest Assyrian diaspora communities are found in Sweden (100,000), [191] Germany (100,000), [192] the United States (80,000), [193] and in Australia (46,000). [194]
KBSV began broadcasting April 14, 1996. [3] It was founded by Bet-Nahrain Inc., the organization of Sargon Dadesho, an Assyrian-American activist originally from Iraq; [4] prior to the advent of channel 23, Bet-Nahrain offered an hour a day of Assyrian programming on local public-access television. [5]
More Americans know who the Assyrians are today than they did back on Sunday.” Assyrians hail from portions of what is now Iraq , Iran, Syria and Turkey. They are descendants of a powerful Middle Eastern empire and early followers of Christianity whose language is a form of Aramaic, the language scholars believe Jesus Christ spoke.
The first Assyrian migrants arrived in Greece in 1934, and settled in Makronisos (today uninhabited), Keratsini, Pireus, Egaleo and Kalamata. [62] The vast majority of Assyrians (about 2,000) live in Peristeri , a suburb of Athens . [ 63 ]
Suroyo TV (Syriac: ܦܪܣ ܚܙܘܐ ܣܘܪܝܐ) is an Assyrian satellite television channel. Suroyo TV broadcasts from their studios in Södertälje, Sweden. [1] Suroyo TV is a voice for the Assyrian people and their cultural heritage, history and language, as such affiliated with the secular, leftist nationalist Dawronoye movement. [2]
For ancient Assyrians, see Category:Ancient Assyrians. The following is a list of notable ethnic Assyrians . It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations originating in Iraq , north western Iran , north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey .
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 ...
Assyrian National Broadcasting was founded in 2011 by Ninos Ternian, an Assyrian entrepreneur and self-proclaimed Assyrian nationalist.Ternian had founded the channel in order to serve the Assyrian community and diaspora by creating a bridge between these communities, while preserving Assyrian culture, language, and heritage without religious, political, or any affiliation otherwise. [1]