A Syrian Village Fights To Save Aramaic, the Language of Jesus Life in Maaloula is dwindling thanks to war and emigration, and so too is the ancient tongue of its Christian residents

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Ancient Syrian Town Seeks Interfaith Peace After Long War Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and one-third Muslim. Can they live together peacefully again?

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#Syria’s Interior Ministry will soon release a video featuring the confessions ، The General Security Administration, in cooperation with the Intelligence Service, has arrested a criminal cell that attempted to carry out bombings in #Maaloula and #Sayyidah #Zainab and was involved in

A Christian town in Syria keeps the Biblical language of Aramaic alive. But it fears for its future - Sight Magazine Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained.

A Christian town in Syria keeps the Biblical language of Aramaic alive. But it fears for its future @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Syria #ChristiansinSyria #Aramaic #Maaloula

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Windows Update Having already banned women from making sounds or from speaking to each other, the Taliban have now banned them from being visible at window...

#Aramaic -speaking and mostly Christian, #Maaloula is now besieged by #AhmedAlSharaa for the second time. As Emir of the al-Nusra Front, he tried to destroy it in 2013. As Emir of #HayatTahrirAlSham, he is on the brink of succeeding. #HTS #Syria davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2024/12/wind...

Windows Update Having already banned women from making sounds or from speaking to each other, the Taliban have now banned them from being visible at window...

#Maaloula is one of the oldest Christian towns in the world and one of only three, all in southwestern #Syria, where Western #Aramaic, the language of Jesus, is still spoken. It is now besieged by #AhmedAlSharaa for the second time. davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2024/12/wind...

Square #Maalouli is derived from #Hebrew and used to write Western Neo #Aramaic. It is used in #Maaloula and #Jubb'adin in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains of western #Syria.

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Christian village becomes a battleground in Syrian war Rebels linked to al Qaeda seized control of the predominantly Christian Syrian village of Maaloula on Sunday, according to an opposition group, as residents fear their historic village has turned into…

Maaloula, #Maaloula – what’s happening? Christian village becomes a battleground in Syrian war:#Syria

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