Thursday, February 02, 2006

Assyrian Homeland

19.75" x 27.5"
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

(small copy)
TURKEY
Assyrian Genocide, 1915
Two-thirds of the worlds Assyrians perished through systematic deaths by Kurds and Turks.

IRAN
Iranian Revolution, 1979
A thriving Assyrian community of 200,000 is diminished to less than 20,000.

SYRIA
Assyrian Nationalism, 1957
The Assyrian Democratic Organization is established.

NORTHERN IRAQ
Kurds Block Assyrian Voters, 2005
Kurdish Democratic Party effectively blocked the delivery of ballot boxes to six major Assyrian towns and villages in the plains around Mosul including Baghdeda, Bartilla, Karemlesh, Shekhan, Ain Sifne and Bahzan.


1 Comments:

Blogger Waleeta said...

Beautiful...I love this one.

Waleeta

1:54 PM  

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