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the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Michaeel Najeeb holds an old damaged Syriac-language Christian codex at the Eastern Manuscript Digitisation Centre (CNMO) in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region.
The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Michaeel Najeeb, holds an ancient Christian codex in Syriac at the Eastern Manuscript Digitisation Centre (CNMO) in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region. [Safin Hamid/AFP]
a boy views a sign written in Syriac at the Ashurbanipal Syriac School in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda), in Nineveh province.
A boy looks at a sign written in Syriac at the Ashurbanipal Syriac School in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh, in Nineveh province. [Waleed Al-Khalid/AFP]
Syriac language teacher Salah Sarkis writes on a whiteboard as he gives a class at the Ashurbanipal Syriac School in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda)
Syriac language teacher Salah Sarkis writes on a whiteboard as he gives a class at the Ashurbanipal Syriac School in the town of Qaraqosh. [Waleed Al-Khalid/AFP]
Syriac language teacher Salah Sarkis gives a class at the Ashurbanipal Syriac School in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda)
Syriac is taught at about 265 schools across Iraq, according to Imad Salem Jajjo, who is responsible for Syriac education within the education ministry. [Waleed Al-Khalid/AFP]
Mariam Ashur (R) and Mariam Albert (L), presenters of a television program airing on 'al-Syriania' television channel, stand with channel director Jack Anwia in a studio in Baghdad.
Mariam Ashur, right, and Mariam Albert, left, presenters of a programme on al-Syriania, stand with channel director Jack Anwia in a studio in Baghdad. [Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP]
employees work at the studio of 'Al-Syriania' television channel in Baghdad.
Iraq's government launched the al-Syriania television channel in April 2023 to help keep the language alive. It has about 40 staff and offers a variety of programming, from cinema to art and history. [Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP]
In this picture taken May 10, 2023 artist and museum curator Saliwa Shamoun Abba cleans a Syriac-inscribed plaque detailing information about the history of the Syriac Museum, in Iraq's predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh
Artist and museum curator Saliwa Shamoun Abba cleans a Syriac-inscribed plaque about the history of the Syriac Museum, in Qaraqosh. [Waleed Al-Khalid/AFP]
Syriac language Bible on display at the Syriac Museum in Iraq's
A Syriac language Bible on display at the Syriac Museum in Qaraqosh. [Waleed Al-Khalid/AFP]
In this picture taken on May 16, 2023, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Michaeel Najeeb retrieves an old Christian book at the Eastern Manuscript Digitisation Centre (CNMO) in Arbil
Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Michaeel Najeeb retrieves an old Christian book at the Eastern Manuscript Digitisation Centre (CNMO) in Erbil. [Safin Hamid/AFP]
In this picture taken on May 16, 2023, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Michaeel Najeeb presents an old Syriac-language Christian codex
Archbishop Michaeel Najeeb looks through an old Christian codex in Syriac. [Safin Hamid/AFP]
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