* 06.01.1959 Dohuk / Iraq

School & Education:

• 1965-1970         Primary School in Dohuk and Mosul - Iraq
   
• 1970-1976         Secondary and High School in Mosul - Iraq
   
• 1977-1981         Engineering College - Baghdad University- Iraq
   

Church

• 1976-1979        Church education and training for deacon
   
• 25.12.1979       Ordained as deacon in the Assyrian Church of the East
   
• 1983-1987        Church education and training for priesthood
   
• 15.08.1987       Ordained as priest in the Assyrian Church of the East
   
• 1987-1994        Parish priest in Semele, Sarsink, Barwar, Mansoriya in Dohuk
   
• 1996-1998        Parish priest in Germany and Austria
   
• 03.01.2011       Ordained as Archimandrite for the Assyrian Church of the East
   
• 03.2010 –
• 09.2013            Archimandrite for the Assyrian Church of the East diocese - Lebanon
   
• 03.01.2011 -     Secretary of the Literature Committee of the Assyrian Church of the East
   

Civic Society:

• 1974-1981        Church youth committees in Mosul and Baghdad
   
• 1976-1980        Assyrian Cultural Club – Baghdad
   
• 1978-1980        Syriac Writers Union - Baghdad
   
• 1992-1994        Assyrian Cultural Centre – Dohuk
   
• 2001 - 2007      Iraqi Assyrian Coordinator for: The Society for Threatened Peoples GfbV
   
• 2003 -               Iraqi Kurdistan Coordinator for: International Society for Human Rights IGFM
   
• 2008                 Rewarded Stephanus Stiftung prize for the work towards persecuted Iraqi Christians
   
• 2014 -               Iraqi Kurdistan Coordinator for World Council of Churches WCC
   

Humanitarian Work:

• 1993                 Founder of Christian Aid Program – Nohadra – Iraq CAPNI
   
• 1993 – 2014     CAPNI international public relations officer
   
• 2004 -               Coordinator of humanitarian projects of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria and Württemberg in Iraq
   
• 2014 -               CAPNI executive director
   

Conferences & Events  From year 2016, the earlier years are not included

• 30.05.2016         European Parliament – Brussels: Public Hearing on minorities caught between the Syrian civil war and ISIS in Iraq and Syria
   
• 23.09.2016         UN General Assembly - New York: Bearing Witness: Combatting Human Trafficking and Forced Migration
   
• 12.12.2016         UN Palace – Geneva: Protection Needs of Minorities from Syria and Iraq: presentation of a new report
   
• 18.02.2017         Munich Security Conference MSC (Side event by Hanns Seidel Stiftung): Aleppo, Mosul and Beyond: What Future do Christians have in the Middle East
   
• 21– 23.05.2017  German Foreign Ministry – Berlin: Responsibility of the Religions for Peace
   
• 28-30.06.2017    European Parliament – Brussels: A Future for Christians in Iraq
   
• 14.07.2017         UN – NY: Launch of the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes
   
• 07.09.2017         Die Zeit Forum – Hamburg: Podium Discussion: Wieviel Religion verträgt die Demokratie?
   
• 11–14.11.2017   Schönblick – Germany: Christians Persecution Today
   
• 15-17.11.2017    Ev. Akademie – Loccum: Fate & Future of Iraqi Kurdistan
   
• 13-15.02.2018   UN Compound Vienna: Follow-up of the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes
   
• 17.02.2018        Munich – Germany: MSC side event with Misereor & ZFDForum on countering the terror using non-military solutions
   
• 19.02.2018        Berlin – Germany: Parliamentary Breakfast with German MPs organized by Misereor & ZFDForum on countering the terror using non-military solutions
   
• 23-24.02.2018   Die Zeit Forum – Hamburg: Podium Discussion: Future of Religion.
                            Presentation & Discussion on CAPNI role in saving Christian community in Iraq

Further Information:

• Giving many presentations, newspapers, radios and TV interviews about Iraqi Christians in Iraqi, Lebanese, German and other European institutions, channels, newspapers, etc.
   
• Coordinating many documentary films about Iraqi Christians
   
• Participating in many round table meetings and discussions about Iraqi and Middle East Christians
   
• Writing with Father Shlimon Isho Khoshaba the first Arabic – Syriac dictionary
   
• Writing other four linguistic and literature books
   
• Writing and publishing articles on different issues, mainly the situation and future of Iraqi Christian Assyrians