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🇺🇸 A highly constructive meeting took place at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin with Mr. Brett Eggleston, Chief of Political Affairs, and his team.
Our delegation presented an in-depth overview of the situation of the Arameans in Syria, including our 7-point position paper and a new strategic summary on Syria’s Aramean Christians.
We are encouraged that our concerns and proposals were received with great attention and will be conveyed directly to the U.S. State Department and the White House.
@johnymesso, President of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs), and Daniyel Demir, Chairman of the Federation of Arameans in Germany, also raised urgent concerns regarding Lebanon, where Aramean Christians and other communities are once again being drawn into a conflict not of their making.
This engagement marks an important step forward. We look forward to building on this momentum and advancing our cooperation in the period ahead. @usbotschaft
Impressive setting above the rooftops of the German Bundestag in Berlin and a very pleasant reunion with the distinguished Member of the Bundestag @HenningRehbaum (CDU).
@johnymesso, President of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs), and Daniyel Demir, Chairman of the Bundesverband der Aramäer in Deutschland highlighted the situation of the last remaining Arameans in Syria and the TourAbdin region in southeastern Turkey, while also addressing key domestic issues shaping Germany’s growing Aramean community.
In a short story by the famous writer Franz Kafka, a man spends his life standing before a door he never enters. Not because he can't, but because he keeps waiting.
For generations, the Arameans have stood before their own door. But what is the cost of waiting, and how much longer will they stand before finally entering it?
Here are some thoughts on that door, and a message to this generation: 👇
https://t.co/kALejIxLq7
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Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, shared his entire setup.
He runs 5-10 Claudes in parallel. Half his coding happens from his phone.
Here's his 3-part formula for better results:
Use the smartest model available
— Counterintuitive: it's actually cheaper
— Smarter model = fewer tokens = lower total cost
— "Once the plan is good, the code is good"
Invest in your Claude MD
— Plain text file. No special format.
— Whole team contributes multiple times a week
— Every mistake Claude makes gets added so it never happens again
Give Claude a way to verify its own output
— Let it run the code. Let it see the browser.
— "Imagine you're a painter wearing a blindfold"
— Same thing for an AI that can never check its work
His morning routine: wake up, kick off 3 sessions from his phone, check in later.
His workflow: start in plan mode
→ lock the plan
→ auto-accept edits
→ done.
No fancy setup.
No complex tooling.
Just multiple Claudes, a good plan, and a shared knowledge base.
The Arameans gave the world its first global language.
They helped shape the Bible, the Quran, and Western civilization.
Today, only a small fraction of them remain in their ancestral homeland.
This is their story. And mine.
I've just written my first Substack piece about who I am, why I write, and what to expect.
If you're interested in the deeper roots of the Middle East, especially its languages, religions, and cultural identity, read it here 👇
https://t.co/cuyXdvw6kj
Important high-level meeting in Berlin with Minister of State Serap Güler at the Foreign Ministry.
Syria and the Arameans were front and center in a dynamic exchange with a highly understanding government representative responsible for the Syria file; in my view, Europe could use more such caring and inspiring state officials.
On behalf of @wca_ngo, my longstanding colleague and friend Daniyel Demir, Chairman of the Bundesverband der Aramäer in Deutschland, and I held a substantive discussion on Germany’s Syria policy.
One of our key messages was the need for Germany’s support to help secure an inclusive and stable future for Syria - one in which Aramaic, Syria’s former national language, and the Arameans, the country’s oldest continuously living indigenous people, are equally cherished, recognized, and supported.
The Arameans gave the world its first global language.
They helped shape the Bible, the Quran, and Western civilization.
Today, only a small fraction of them remain in their ancestral homeland.
This is their story. And mine.
I've just written my first Substack piece about who I am, why I write, and what to expect.
If you're interested in the deeper roots of the Middle East, especially its languages, religions, and cultural identity, read it here 👇
https://t.co/cuyXdvw6kj
Yesterday in Brussels, something important happened.
A delegation of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) was warmly received by Syria’s Ambassador to the EU. A letter addressed to the Syrian President, titled “From Aramaic to Arabic: Syria’s civilization, law, and future,” was personally handed over.
The exciting exchange focused on Syria’s future, inclusion, why its oldest living heritage must be part of what comes next, and how Arameans can actively contribute to rebuilding the new Syria.
🏛️ The path now leads to Damascus: a request for a meeting in April is on the table.
📜 Should we publish the letter tomorrow? Who would like to read it?
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The delegation that met H.E. Ammar Al Arsan and his Deputy, Yazan Al Hakim, was represented by WCA President Johny Messo, Georges Cimen (Chairman, Federation of Arameans in Belgium) and Afram Apo (representative for Syria Affairs in Belgium).
Ārāmāyā/Oromoyo and Suryāyā/Suryoyo.
Two names. One people.
Twin names used for both our language and our ethnic identity.
Confirmed by ancient Aramean writers themselves, and by leading scholars who studied these Aramaic texts.
There is nothing unusual about this. Compare:
Greeks/Hellenes, Iranians/Persians, Berbers/Amazigh.
We are Arameans — Oromoye.
We are Syrians/Syriacs — Suryoye.
This is who we have always been.
This is who we are.
Whenever your Aramean self-identification is questioned, remember this academic truth:
“In many Syriac writers Ārāmāyā and Suryāyā are synonyms; normally this refers to the language, but on occasion they are used as alternate ethnic terms.”
Arameans Welcome New Damascus–SDF Agreement and Reaffirm: SDF Inclusivity and Pluralism Were Proclaimed but Never Practiced
• Any step reducing violence and enabling the return of displaced civilians is positive.
• Reintegration of Hasakah and Qamishli can help restore normalcy and trust.
• But the agreement again confirms a hard truth:
– SDF’s often-promoted inclusivity and pluralism were never practiced.
– Aramean Christians were used symbolically, while their rights and political representation were ignored.
Syria is not only Arabs and Kurds.
“Syria’s future will be judged by how it protects its oldest living heritage and ensures that no community is visible in rhetoric, yet invisible in rights. Syria owes this to the Arameans.”
For the full statement, read below or visit https://t.co/rpqxVf8yGo
📜 Classical Muslim scholars and lexicographers support our mission!
Just like centuries-old Muslim intellectuals recognized the antiquity of our people and language, the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) will continue to appeal to the Syrian government to constitutionally recognize Syria’s 3,000-year-old indigenous Aramean people and their Aramaic language.
🕊️ Our roots are ancient. Our cause is just. Our language is endangered. The time is now.
📖 Professor Robert Hoyland powerfully summed up:
“Muslim scholars were generally of the opinion that Aramaic was the first language of the world before the incident of Babel led to man’s linguistic disunity; that Jesus spoke Aramaic and God revealed the New Testament in it; and that the Arabic script was derived from that of Aramaic. A number of Muslim lexicographers drew attention to the considerable number of words in Arabic that had come originally from Aramaic, and this applied also to words in the Qur’an itself.”
#Arameans #Aramaic #Syria #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalHeritage #RecognitionNow
@SyPresidency@AsaadHShaibani@syrianmofaex@SANAEnOfficial
Before Politics, Before Nations — Identity Already Existed (7th Century)
“Named by us Arameans ... the ancient sons of Aram.”
Long before modern labels and politics, our intellectual ancestors spoke clearly and with pride about who they were.
These are our own words.
In our own language.
Long before Edessa was renamed Şanlıurfa in southeast Turkey — where no more Arameans live in what is today a majority-Kurdish place — the 7th-century scholar Jacob became bishop of this city, long described by modern scholars as “the capital of a purely Aramean Christianity.”
This is our history.
History still speaks, if we are willing to listen.