indigenous status is defined by ancestral connection to the land, a historical continuity, a shared language, culture and ...

On that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those who were cast off in the land ...

For 6775 years the Assyrians have been an indigenous population of Mesopotamia, with a continuous presence in what is today northern Iraq and the wider region. Our identity is not solely religious, ...

By Mark Wilmoth In The Whisper Test, Mary Ann Bird tells about her childhood: “I grew up knowing I was different, and I hated ...

Thus, the Torah tells the Jewish umma, and the Qur’an tells the Muslim umma, the importance of picking yourself up and going (Hajj in Arabic, Hag in Hebrew) with masses of other members of your umma, ...

In Aleppo—within the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafiye, and Bani Zayd—we are once again witnessing what the Kurdish ...

Nebuchadnezzar II claimed divine inspiration for his restoration work, stating that the gods Zababa and Ishtar motivated him to undertake the project. After completing the renovations, he proclaimed: ...

Practitioners of the Abrahamic faiths will no doubt give the video the thumbs-up for exposing the ‘diabolical’ nature of ...

Since 1989, through special government permissions, about 4,000 Bnei Menashe have been able to make aliyah, but just as many ...

Discovering an ancient religion in the mountains of Iraq, specifically in Northern Iraq, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, offers a unique perspective on a region often misunderstood. The Yazidis, known ...

Discover the awe-inspiring BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi, where Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi finds unity in ...