'The Old Hut' compilation showcases Assyrian poetry

Author, Goriel Elia, and his book entitled 'The Old Hut'. Credit: Ninos Emmanuel

The Athree Assyrian Centre organised an event on Sunday, 15 October, at the Assyrian Sport and Cultural Club to launch a book of poetry entitled 'The Old Hut'. The volume includes several poems by Goriel Elia, who lives in the Assyrian village of Sharafia on the Nineveh plain, north of Iraq. Several Assyrian Australian poets and writers in Sydney attended this event. Sargon Warde of SBS Assyrian interviewed some of the guests about what they thought of the book.

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