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Feb 9, 2022 19 min

56 | This Is Who We Are

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For over three thousand years, the Aramaic language has been used throughout Mesopotamia. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a community of Syrian immigrants preserves this ancient language – and a connection to their homeland – through prayer and song. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Professor Geoffrey Khan, Safaa Jalou, Father Gabriel Adde, the St. George Syriac Orthodox Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and Nadège Fleurimond. • LINKS Professor Geoffrey Khan studies, teaches, and documents the various dialects of Neo-Aramaic. You can learn more about his work and hear field recordings at https://nena.ames.cam.ac.uk/ Nadège Fleurimond is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, business strategist, and culinary maven from East Flatbush, Brooklyn. She is the author of Taste of Solitude: A Culinary Journal, and Haiti Uncovered: A Regional Adventure Into the Art of Haitian Cuisine. The Endangered Language Alliance is a New York City-based nonprofit with a mission to document endangered languages and support linguistic diversity. Explore their interactive language map at www.languagemap.nyc, and donate to ELA at the $50 dollar level to receive a beautiful print copy. Visit us online at bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA • MUSIC and CLIPS “Flowing Gentle” by Erik Wollo, courtesy of De Wolfe Music. This episode featured clips from the Al-Sarah & the Nubatones, and Jomion & Los Uklos live performances on B-Side, produced by BRIC TV. • TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3s1BAKU • Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BRICTV

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For over three thousand years, the Aramaic language has been used throughout Mesopotamia. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a community of Syrian immigrants preserves this ancient language – and a connection to their homeland – through prayer and song. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW • Thank you to Professor Geoffrey Khan, Safaa Jalou, Father Gabriel Adde, and the St. George Syriac Orthodox Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. • Transcript: https://bit.ly/3s1BAKU

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