Hagyana Atouraya presents an interview with Eilosh Azizyan, the Assyrian Priest from Urmia, Iran, telling about Assyrian people of Iran, their heritage and life today,
This interview with Dr. Shamiram Davoodpourian is about the importance of Assyrian as a mother language. Although the education and profession of Dr. Davoodpourian is not within the Assyrian language, she is holding a PhD in pharmacy, she has always been, and still is, very active in preserving and developing the Assyrian language and culture. She is a writer and poet, and she is editorial chief of the SHAMIRAM-magazine published by the Shamiram Assyrian Women Society. Dr. Davoodpourian is also a member of the editorial board of the Assyrian journal Ashlay Nissaba.
Rabi Odisho has been teaching Assyrian language, as mother tongue, in the Swedish official schools in the town of Jönköping since 1998 until he retired few years ago. Rabi Ashor is sharing his experiences with us in this interview. His son, the talented young man, Ninos Odicho, is studying at the university, and he will obtain his bachelor’s degree this summer. Ninos does read and write Assyrian, and he can speak it in a very good level.