Rosie Malek-Yonan's AN ASSYRIAN EXODUS (Eastern Assyrian)

Rosie Malek-Yonan's AN ASSYRIAN EXODUS is a short video project that has brought Rosie Malek-Yonan (author of The Crimson Field), David Yonan, Ninos Aho and Emil Brikha, four accomplished Assyrian artists from around the world in a common belief, that while the world may not acknowledge the Assyrian Genocide, however, through the arts, the history of the Assyrian nation can be preserved.

This project is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Assyrian Genocide and those forced to walk the "Death Marches." The survivors who safely made the unthinkable journey to distant shores around the globe, were able to secure the identity of future generations of Assyrians now living in diaspora.

The text of this video project is derived from the overture of the original full-length piece by the same title, written and performed by Rosie Malek-Yonan, which was previewed in Hartford, CT in August 2008. The stories of An Assyrian Exodus are based on Malek-Yonans personal family journals and war diaries written during the final exodus of the Assyrians fleeing from Urmia, Iran in 1918.

Presented in English, Eastern Assyrian and Western Assyrian languages, An Assyrian Exodus video project is a Rosie Malek-Yonan/Emil Brikha Production recorded in Los Angeles, Chicago, Sweden and Malta in 2008. ©2008 All Rights Reserved. Visit the Official Fan Page of the project on Facebook.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Rosie Malek-Yonan
• Emil Brikha
• David Yonan
• Ninos Aho
• Assyrian Genocide
• Iran
• Persia
• Urmia
• Urmi
• Chaldean
• Syriac
• Death Marches
• WWI
• Genocide
• Massacre
• Holocaust
• Assyrian Exodus
• Violin
• Seyfo