Emanouel Bet-Younan: Nationalist, Humanitarian ~ Celebrity Style

Emanouel Bet-Younan is our guest Assyrian pop singer at the Mesopotamian Night 2009 concert in Modesto. Below Helen Talia an Assyrian activist and writer from Chicago gives us an interesting account of his life. Emanouel Bet-Younan was fourteen years old when he took...

Mesopotamian Choir Ensemble

Thanks to hard work and dedication of Pastor Samuel Khangaldy who has been helping us tirelessly in the past eight months with the Mesopotamian Night 2009 event, the Mesopotamian Choir Ensemble is shaping up quite nicely and they are working hard to perform on August...

Guest Article by Paul Caldani

The following article has just arrived from Paul Caldani a student of Rabi Paulos Khofri. The article is in Farsi but we will soon publish it in English as well. بیاد استاد و فرهیخته عالم موسیقی فولكلور آشوری رابی پولوس خفری هروقت نامی از این زنده یاد برده میشود ....

Qateeni Gabbara: A William Daniel’s Legacy

Mr. William Warda who has been helping us with translation of Qateeni poems in the following article give us a deep insight into the story of Qateeni Gabbara. We appreciate Mr. Warda’s commitment and dedication to help us push the Qateeni Opera project ahead. We...

Faces of Participating Artists in Mesopotamian Night 2009

Sharokin Betgevargiz is a talented young Assyrian artist and scholar. Her work called “Shlama” (Peace) will be auctioned in our MN-2009 event. Here is the description of this work in her own words: “In the summer of 2007, I was asked by a family member to design...

Juliet Moradian depicts Gilgamesh in Her Painting

The Mesopotamian Night project has become a hub not only for Assyrian musicians but also the Assyrian painters and calligraphists to showcase their work to our community. The Mesopotamian Night project has inspired some of these artists to show their interpretation of...