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Johny Messo (b. February 7, 1978 in Hengelo) is an Aramean politician from the Netherlands. His parents are both from the city of Midyat in the region of Tur Abdin, in modern Turkey. Since 10 October 2009, he serves as the president of the Syriac Universal Alliance, an international organization that was founded in 1983, and later (2012) changed its name to the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs).

In 2007, he graduated at the Leiden University, receiving BA degree in the field of Hebrew and Aramaic languages and cultures. In 2011, within the cooperation between the Syriac Universal Alliance and the Council of Europe, he participated in organization of the newly established educational program, under the name: "1st Aramean Young Leadership Programme: The Road to the Future".

His activities as the president of WCA continued in the following years. During 2015, Messo coordinated participation of Aramean organizations in manifestations commemorating centenary (1915-2015) of genocides committed by the Ottoman Empire against various Christian communities in the Near East. In 2016, he was invited to join the academic Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times, and also gave lecture at the first annual conference of the center. During the following years, he continued to participate in various activities that organization.

Works

Messo wrote several publications related to the history, present state, and future of Aramean people, and he also lectured on the same subjects throughout Europe, the United States, Australia, the Middle East and India. Some of his works are:

• Messo, Johny (2010). "De christelijke Arameeërs onder het juk van de islam: Het verhaal van een vergeten dhimmi". De Islam: Kritische essays over een politieke religie. Brussel: Academic and Scientific Publishers. pp. 547–589.
• Messo, Johny (2011). "The Origin of the Terms Syria(n) and Suryoyo: Once Again". Parole de l'Orient. 36: 111–125.
• Messo, Johny (2017). Arameans and the Making of Assyrians: The Last Aramaic-speaking Christians of the Middle East. Aramaic Press.

Selected works

• Aramean Democratic Organization

References

1. Brock & Witakowski 2001, p. 124.
2. Name change: SUA to WCA
3. Universiteit Leiden: Bibliography
4. SUA Youth Academy 2011.
5. Woźniak 2015.
6. Mutlu-Numansen & Ossewaarde 2019, p. 422-425.
7. Minerva Center members: Johny Messo
8. Dependency and Autonomy in Intercultural Relations: Israel and Aram as a Case Study: June 5th-9th, 2016
9. Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction: Annual Conference of the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times (2018)

Sources

• Brock, Sebastian P.; Witakowski, Witold, eds. (2001). The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Ancient Aramaic Heritage. Vol. 3. Rome: Trans World Film Italia.
• Mutlu-Numansen, Sofia; Ossewaarde, Marinus (2019). "A Struggle for Genocide Recognition: How the Aramean, Assyrian, and Chaldean Diasporas Link Past and Present" (PDF). Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 33 (3): 412–428. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcz045.
• SUA Youth Academy (2011). "1st Aramean Young Leadership Programme: The Road to the Future" (Document). {{cite document}}: Cite document requires |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |work= ignored (help)
• Woźniak, Marta (2015). "From religious to ethno-religious: Identity change among Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden" (Document). ECPR. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |work= ignored (help)

External links

• Official website of Johny Messo
• Official website of World Council of Arameans (Syriacs)

• 1978 births
• Aramean people
• Dutch politicians
• Living people