Assyrian Podcast

Episode 33 - Hannibal Travis teaches and conducts research in the fields of cyberlaw, intellectual property, antitrust, international and comparative law, and human rights. He’s written numerous books about Assyrians and in this episode we talk about his latest book: Genocide, Ethnonationalism, and the United Nations: Exploring the Causes of Mass Killing Since 1945.

For more information visit: https://www.routledge.com/9781138284950 (use 20% discount code FLR40)

To order a review copy please visit http://pages.email.taylorandfrancis.com/review-copy-request

Here is a link to his contact information: https://www.amazon.com/Hannibal-Travis/e/B0030G6KR8

Thank you Tony Kalogerakos and the Injury Lawyers of Illinois and New York for sponsoring this episode. If you know anyone that has been in a serious accident, please reach out to Tony Kalogerakos. Tony has been recognized as a Top 40 lawyer, and a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Publication and has obtained multiple multi-million-dollar awards. Tony can be reached at InjuryRights.com or 847-982-9516.

Episode 32 - Billy Haido is a board member and former President of the Assyrian Athletic Club, a former Community Relations Commissioner of Niles, a member of the Economic Development Commission of Skokie, a co-founder of Vote Assyrian and the Executive Producer of four Assyrian films including 2016’s Basamtit Reesha. Billy’s support of the Assyrian community manifests itself through the arts, athletics and community service, all while he maintains a career in IT.

https://www.assyrianfilms.com/

https://www.facebook.com/basamtitreesha/ 

Episode 31 - In this episode, we hear from Dr. Mona Hanna Attisha, a pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint water crisis. Her research revealed children were exposed to dangerous levels of lead in Flint, Michigan. In this episode, she talks about her family, her work, and her book What the Eyes Don't See. 

Episode 30 - Paul Batou, a native Assyrian Iraqi artist, received a degree in pharmacy in 1982 from the University of Baghdad. While in school, Batou worked and was inspired by many teachers and artists studying at the University. In 1980, he had his first art show in Baghdad. During his years spent in Baghdad, Paul Batou placed his art in several galleries, learned to play the guitar, and was forced into service for the Iraq-Iran war as a medic. In 1989, he left Iraq with his family and moved to Los Angeles. In the United States, Batou continues to create art and write poems that inspire all those close to him.

www.paulbatou.com

Episode 29 - Efrem Yildiz was elected in 2017 to serve as Vice Chancellor of the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. He was previously the Chair of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies at the University of Salamanca's Department of Languages. Though he specializes in Semitic languages, he is fluent in Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Turkish, and modern Aramaic.

@efremyildiz

[email protected]

http://facultadfilologia.usal.es/la-facultad/profesores/efrem-yildiz-sadak

Episode 28 - Tony Kalogerakos is a lawyer at the Injury Lawyers of Illinois, and President of the Assyrian-American Bar Association which he helped co-found in 2017. His desire to work in the legal world came early on in life, and provided the perfect platform for him to give back and help the Assyrian community. He works to cultivate more Assyrian lawyers through the Assyrian-American Bar Association, to better represent the needs of the Assyrian community.

Episode 27 --Meet Noor Matti -- one of the founders of Shlama Foundation and a former Michigan resident, who in 2008, looking for purpose, direction, and happiness, left his life in the suburbs of Detroit and found it all in Ankawa, Iraq, where he currently resides.

Episode 26 - This week we hear from Tatiyana Shaba of Sydney, Australia. Tatiyana is a HUGE soccer fan, and amongst other things, is a presenter for COPA90, a media platform dedicated to celebrating soccer and its fans. We also discuss twitter as a means to connecting the Assyrian diaspora and much more! You can connect with Tatiyana at @tatiyanayitat.

Episode 25 - Simo Parpola, Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki. Dr. Parpola received his PhD in Assyriology from the University of Helsinki in 1971. The main focus of his research has been on the study of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in all its aspects, but he has contributed to a number of studies, including that of modern Assyrian identity. He also taught at the University of Chicago, and contributed to the university's Chicago Assyrian Dictionary project until its completion.

​Dr. Parpola is internationally recognized as one of the foremost scholars on ancient Assyria, and has a long and impressive list of publications on various topics in Assyriology and Assyrian identity.

Episode 24 - In this episode, we hear from two long time Flint, Michigan residents, Alice Abraham and Liz Baley, whose parents were an integral part of growing the community in Flint starting in the 1930’s. Alice and Liz talk about various memories of Assyrians in Flint during the Great Depression and beyond and what became of the once flourishing Assyrian community.