Join us for the next episode to hear about his original village, MarBisho. He discusses the origins of the name and interactions between villagers and surrounding Assyrians as well as the assassination of Patriarch Mar Benyamin Shimoun by Simko. All these stories and more were told to him by his father.
The life and legacy of Daryawish Zkharya, Australia's oldest Assyrian
Mr Zkharya was one of more than 50,000 Assyrian refugees housed in the Baqubah Camp established in 1918.
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At 103, Daryawish Zkharya is Australia's oldest living Assyrian. Born in 1920 in a British refugee camp in Baqubah, Iraq, SBS Assyrian has chronicled his remarkable journey over a century in a series of episodes. In this episode, he talks about his birth, life in the camp and moving on to start his life.
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