By Mona Hanna-Attisha, Arab America Contributing Writer This is a generation-defining moment for our nation. And it is no time for our community to be silent. I am a proud first-generation Iraqi American. My family is part of the international diaspora of Iraqi immigrants displaced over generations, particularly after the rise of Saddam Hussein … Continued
A protester fights back tears during a downtown rally November 8, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (AFP) By: Phoebe Leila Barghouty Source: Al Arabiya Moayad Barash was very young when he travelled from Baghdad to the United States. But he has spent years building a life in America. All four of his children were born … Continued
Source: Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – As an American soccer player of Iraqi parents, Justin Meram is distressed by detentions and deportation threats within his Chaldean Christian community, a fallout of the US government’s agreement with Baghdad to remove Iraq from its travel ban targeting seven Muslim-majority countries. “Being a Chaldean American, being an Iraqi … Continued
By: Max White Source: WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit A federal judge has issued a stay on the deportation of more than 100 Chaldean and Muslim Iraqi residents in metro Detroit who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to a written order from U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith, the court is unsure whether … Continued
A Christian Iraqi woman cries after she saw the St. Addai church which was damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Keramlis village, less than 18 miles, 29 kilometers, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday Nov. 13, 2016. There were gasps, and then tears, at the small church in northern Iraq as a group … Continued
By Weam Namou The Chaldean News Fouad Manna was born in 1936 in an Iraqi Christian village that had 96 homes, 500 residents and no schools. It was during a time when families easily and naturally shared one big home. In his case, there were three families, each with about seven or eight kids. For … Continued
The Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce announced its 2009 executive committee. Frank Jonna of Jonna Companies is the new chairman. He served as 2008 executive vice chairman. Jacob Bacall of Bacall Development is the 2009 executive vice chairman. Paul Asker of Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith is second vice chairman. Evan Bahoura of Bahoura Berringer … Continued
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