Excerpt from: The Revival of Cultural Life in Iraq
By AINA Assyirian International News Agency
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
He is defenseless. He has nothing but a pen
(Reference to the Iraqi poet Adnan al-Sa'igh)
They [Iraqis] have taught me the meaning of hope
(Bassen Fayadth, Lebanese Film Producer)
The Mesopotamia periodical published by the Center for Iraqi National Studies is devoted to reviving and promoting Iraqi identity and culture. The editor is the playwright and novelist Salim Matar.
The most recent issue (no date provided) comprises issues Nos. 8 and 9 and is devoted to religion in Iraq, starting from the ancient Iraqi religions and discussing Shi'ite Islam, Sunni Islam, Sufism and Christianity, and ending with the religions of Sabeans, Yazidis, and Jews. The last chapter of the issue discusses such topics as "Religious Tolerance in the Iraqi Mind," "Religious Tolerance is a Humanist Demand," and "The Dialogue between Creeds and Religions." There are 63 articles in this issue.
An earlier issue of Mesopotamia - issue No. 2 - is devoted to the women of Iraq. The issue's editorial states, "There can be no doubt that Mesopotamian civilization would not have attained its historical distinction and left its fingerprints without the celestial presence of woman illuminating the skies of our history and our land."
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Mesopotamia
Excerpt from: The Revival of Cultural Life in Iraq
By AINA Assyirian International News Agency
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
He is defenseless. He has nothing but a pen
(Reference to the Iraqi poet Adnan al-Sa'igh)
They [Iraqis] have taught me the meaning of hope
(Bassen Fayadth, Lebanese Film Producer)
The Mesopotamia periodical published by the Center for Iraqi National Studies is devoted to reviving and promoting Iraqi identity and culture. The editor is the playwright and novelist Salim Matar.
The most recent issue (no date provided) comprises issues Nos. 8 and 9 and is devoted to religion in Iraq, starting from the ancient Iraqi religions and discussing Shi'ite Islam, Sunni Islam, Sufism and Christianity, and ending with the religions of Sabeans, Yazidis, and Jews. The last chapter of the issue discusses such topics as "Religious Tolerance in the Iraqi Mind," "Religious Tolerance is a Humanist Demand," and "The Dialogue between Creeds and Religions." There are 63 articles in this issue.
An earlier issue of Mesopotamia - issue No. 2 - is devoted to the women of Iraq. The issue's editorial states, "There can be no doubt that Mesopotamian civilization would not have attained its historical distinction and left its fingerprints without the celestial presence of woman illuminating the skies of our history and our land."
By AINA Assyirian International News Agency
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
He is defenseless. He has nothing but a pen
(Reference to the Iraqi poet Adnan al-Sa'igh)
They [Iraqis] have taught me the meaning of hope
(Bassen Fayadth, Lebanese Film Producer)
The Mesopotamia periodical published by the Center for Iraqi National Studies is devoted to reviving and promoting Iraqi identity and culture. The editor is the playwright and novelist Salim Matar.
The most recent issue (no date provided) comprises issues Nos. 8 and 9 and is devoted to religion in Iraq, starting from the ancient Iraqi religions and discussing Shi'ite Islam, Sunni Islam, Sufism and Christianity, and ending with the religions of Sabeans, Yazidis, and Jews. The last chapter of the issue discusses such topics as "Religious Tolerance in the Iraqi Mind," "Religious Tolerance is a Humanist Demand," and "The Dialogue between Creeds and Religions." There are 63 articles in this issue.
An earlier issue of Mesopotamia - issue No. 2 - is devoted to the women of Iraq. The issue's editorial states, "There can be no doubt that Mesopotamian civilization would not have attained its historical distinction and left its fingerprints without the celestial presence of woman illuminating the skies of our history and our land."
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