Rosie Malek-Yonan Quotes

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I may not have a country with boundaries, but my country is in me. My country is in my soul and in my heart. I am Assyria.

Rosie Malek-Yonan

Iraq's 'liberation' has become the 'oppression' of Assyrians.

Rosie Malek-Yonan

Anytime the western countries go to war in the Middle East, it becomes a religious war.

Rosie Malek-Yonan

The recognition and acceptance of a genocide, and mass murder of nations is not to merely point a finger at a tyrant guilty of those crimes. It is acceptance of facts and truths with the ultimate goal to mend bridges between the races. It is not to merely condemn but to create the first step towards world peace.

Rosie Malek-Yonan

When we perpetually allow the practice of genocide and holocaust and consent to the denial of such actions to linger for decades as in the case of the Assyrian, Armenian and Pontic Greek Genocides, we are in essence consenting to denial as a compromise. Denial is not compromise.

Rosie Malek-Yonan

Rosie Malek-Yonan

Rosie Malek-Yonan

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Born: July 4, 1965 (age 61)

Bio: Rosie Malek-Yonan is an actress, author, director, public figure and activist of Assyrian ethnicity. She was born in Iran, but resides in the United States.

Known for:

Rendition (2007)
Up Close and Personal (1996)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
For Goodness Sake II
Her Wicked Ways (1991)

Rosie Malek-Yonan on Wikipedia

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