Kokhwa - Volume VII

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 reprint in seven volumes contains 209 of the 213 issues that are believed to have been published. Volume VII contains 18 issues from April 1917 to January 1918 (Vol. 10: Nos. 2-15 and 17-20).