Description:

Kokhwa (the Star) was the first independent Assyrian newspaper published by and for Assyrians. It was published between June 1906 and January 1918. The very first Assyrian newspaper was Zahrere d'Bahra (Rays of Light) which was published by the American Presbyterian Mission in Urmia. Other Assyrian newspapers published by other missions were Qala d'Shrara (Voice of Truth) by the Catholics and Urmi Artadoksaita (Orthodox Urmia) by the Russians. In the midst of this sectarian division, Yohannan Mushie founded Kokhwa to serve as a voice for Assyrians of all denominations. This new revised reprint in seven volumes contains 202 of the 213 issues that are believed to have been published. If you have purchased the previous five volume reprint which contained 119 issues, see below for the three Addendum volumes that contain the additional 83 issues that were not part of the previous five volume reprint. Volume I contains 38 issues from June 1906 to February 1908 (Vol. 1: Nos. 1-23; Vol. 2: Nos. 1-15).