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'My ancestral lands': Meet the multilingual Assyrian architect from Belgium

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Dillon Nass in the Assyrian village of Bibade. Credit: Ninos Emmanuel

Dillon Mass, a Belgian-born Assyrian architect based in Switzerland, is fluent in English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Assyrian. He holds a master's degree in architecture and is familiar with Kurdish and Arabic languages. This is his third visit to his ancestral homeland.


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Dillon Mass, a Belgian-born Assyrian architect based in Switzerland, is fluent in English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Assyrian. He holds a master's degree in architecture and is familiar with Kurdish and Arabic languages. This is his third visit to his ancestral homeland.



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