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Music and language as a journey through Assyrian history

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Abboud Zeitoune bei einer Präsentation für sein Buch zur assyrischen kulturellen Identitätsfigur Naum Faiq Credit: Abboud Zeitoune

Abboud Zeitoune is an expert on Assyrian history and culture. In 2020, he received the Helga Anschütz Prize for services to the Syrian-Aramaic language, history & culture. The ancient language has a long tradition and is difficult to preserve. The expert sheds light on the long tradition of Assyrian music and talks about the historical events that have led to members of his community living all over the world today.


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Abboud Zeitoune is an expert on Assyrian history and culture. In 2020, he received the Helga Anschütz Prize for services to the Syrian-Aramaic language, history & culture. The ancient language has a long tradition and is difficult to preserve. The expert sheds light on the long tradition of Assyrian music and talks about the historical events that have led to members of his community living all over the world today.



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