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1. Queen Shamiram still needs a home

Mar-18-2013 at 05:34 PM (UTC+3 Nineveh, Assyria)

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Queen Shamiram still needs a home
University refuses donated statue
by Brooke Borba (bborba ( a t ) turlockjournal.com). Staff Reporter, Turlock Journal. February 15, 2013 9:57 p.m.

Queen Shamiram was chosen as a model for Turlock due to her strong historical background in the women’s movement and succession of power. The statue is intended to recognize great art, history, and women’s influence.
Queen Shamiram has been looking for a permanent Turlock home since 2007. Community members had hoped a donated 9-foot bronze statue of the ancient Assyrian ruler would be placed at California State University, Stanislaus, but the university said thanks, but no thanks.

“The discussion regarding the statue highlighted the need for a university policy and plan concerning artwork placement on campus. CSU Stanislaus will begin work on a policy this year, soliciting input from the community in its development,” said CSU Stanislaus Associate Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs Dave Tonelli said.

“We recognize the strong history of the Assyrian community in Turlock, and very much appreciate the offer of a 9-foot bronze statue of Assyrian Queen Shamiram.”

The news of the university's refusal to site the statue was not welcomed by some.

“It is a very expensive statue. It is a beautiful gift for our city,” said Turlock native Janet Jacob. “The university belongs to the people and we want students to know about the statue. We don’t want the statue to go to some place that no one will know about and no one will see.”

Turlock native Narsai David is donating the bronze statue of the first woman to rule an empire. David presented a model of the statue during one of the most well-attended Arts Commission meetings in the history of Turlock in January.

Queen Shamiram was chosen as a model for Turlock due to her strong historical background in the women’s movement and succession of power. The statue is intended to recognize great art, history, and women’s influence.

“The Queen is a model for women and young ladies because of her strength and power. She conquered the world; India and Armenia. This is a commitment to a queen in forgotten history, a history that women can relive again one more time,” Reverend Dr. George G. Shahbaz said.

Before Queen Shamiram can empower this generation of Turlock women, a site needs to be found. On Wednesday, the Turlock Parks and Recreation Commission chose two representatives to join a group from the Arts Commission to find possible locations for the statue.

Parks Commissioners Bella Daniel and Andrew Davoodian volunteered their help, and were charged with the duty of finding a suitable setting.

“I’m confident that Bella and Andrew will find a good location for the statue,” Parks Commission Chair Barney Gordon said.

Many in attendance at the Parks Commission meeting seemed disgruntled by the long process of finding a site for the statue that began in 2007, to which Gordon replied, “Democracy has never been accused of going fast.”

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Assyria \ã-'sir-é-ä\ n (1998)   1:  an ancient empire of Ashur   2:  a democratic state in Bet-Nahren, Assyria (northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, southeastern Turkey and eastern Syria.)   3:  a democratic state that fosters the social and political rights to all of its inhabitants irrespective of their religion, race, or gender   4:  a democratic state that believes in the freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture in faithfulness to the principles of the United Nations Charter — Atour synonym

Ethnicity, Religion, Language
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» Assyrian, Christian, Aramaic
» Saudi Arabian, Muslim, Arabic
Assyrian \ã-'sir-é-an\ adj or n (1998)   1:  descendants of the ancient empire of Ashur   2:  the Assyrians, although representing but one single nation as the direct heirs of the ancient Assyrian Empire, are now doctrinally divided, inter sese, into five principle ecclesiastically designated religious sects with their corresponding hierarchies and distinct church governments, namely, Church of the East, Chaldean, Maronite, Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic.  These formal divisions had their origin in the 5th century of the Christian Era.  No one can coherently understand the Assyrians as a whole until he can distinguish that which is religion or church from that which is nation -- a matter which is particularly difficult for the people from the western world to understand; for in the East, by force of circumstances beyond their control, religion has been made, from time immemorial, virtually into a criterion of nationality.   3:  the Assyrians have been referred to as Aramaean, Aramaye, Ashuraya, Ashureen, Ashuri, Ashuroyo, Assyrio-Chaldean, Aturaya, Chaldean, Chaldo, ChaldoAssyrian, ChaldoAssyrio, Jacobite, Kaldany, Kaldu, Kasdu, Malabar, Maronite, Maronaya, Nestorian, Nestornaye, Oromoye, Suraya, Syriac, Syrian, Syriani, Suryoye, Suryoyo and Telkeffee. — Assyrianism verb

Aramaic \ar-é-'máik\ n (1998)   1:  a Semitic language which became the lingua franca of the Middle East during the ancient Assyrian empire.   2:  has been referred to as Neo-Aramaic, Neo-Syriac, Classical Syriac, Syriac, Suryoyo, Swadaya and Turoyo.

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