Ramsen ♔ ܪܡܣܢ
@theramsen.bsky.social
Assyrian. Deputy Opinion Editor at Newsweek. Masters in Journalism, Northwestern's Medill. Ex-POLITICO. Isaiah•19:23-25. He/Him. ܫܠܵܡܵܐ. Buy me a ☕ here: https://t.co/RaINtUQvwb
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Ramsen ♔ ܪܡܣܢ
@theramsen.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Ten Years After ISIS Invaded Mosul—Where Does That Leave Iraq's Assyrians?
What justice can be granted to survivors when justice does not exist in Iraq?
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We need #BIPOC #journalists in every newsroom.
"I recall telling my classmates that the invasion of #Mosul would lead to widespread destruction in the region and the genocide of those who did not submit to their radical ways. I was met with laughs and shrugs."
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"I recall telling my classmates that the invasion of #Mosul would lead to widespread destruction in the region and the genocide of those who did not submit to their radical ways. I was met with laughs and shrugs."
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I went to the @metmuseum.org & asked to be directed to the Assyrian art.
❌ The first worker sent me to the Islamic art section.
❌ The second told me no Assyrian art was on display due to construction, which was untrue.
I found Mesopotamian art on my own.
The ancestors called me.
❌ The first worker sent me to the Islamic art section.
❌ The second told me no Assyrian art was on display due to construction, which was untrue.
I found Mesopotamian art on my own.
The ancestors called me.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I went to the @metmuseum.org & asked to be directed to the Assyrian art.
❌ The first worker sent me to the Islamic art section.
❌ The second told me no Assyrian art was on display due to construction, which was untrue.
I found Mesopotamian art on my own.
The ancestors called me.
❌ The first worker sent me to the Islamic art section.
❌ The second told me no Assyrian art was on display due to construction, which was untrue.
I found Mesopotamian art on my own.
The ancestors called me.
Happy to announce that my interview with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz is in this week’s @newsweek.com magazine! There truly is nothing quite like seeing your work printed. Grab your copy today and tag me! 🗞️📰🚨📷📸
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Happy to announce that my interview with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz is in this week’s @newsweek.com magazine! There truly is nothing quite like seeing your work printed. Grab your copy today and tag me! 🗞️📰🚨📷📸
Award-winning American photographer Annie Leibovitz is known for her bold and sometimes provocative photographs. Whether capturing noteworthy celebrities, like Yoko Ono and John Lennon for the cover of Rolling Stone (taken hours before his death),
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October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Award-winning American photographer Annie Leibovitz is known for her bold and sometimes provocative photographs. Whether capturing noteworthy celebrities, like Yoko Ono and John Lennon for the cover of Rolling Stone (taken hours before his death),
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✨ Excited to share my @newsweek.com interview with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz on her new issue of "WOMEN," a project she first started in 1999.
🔗 Read it here: www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...
Photo courtesy of Annie Leibovitz.
🔗 Read it here: www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...
Photo courtesy of Annie Leibovitz.
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
✨ Excited to share my @newsweek.com interview with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz on her new issue of "WOMEN," a project she first started in 1999.
🔗 Read it here: www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...
Photo courtesy of Annie Leibovitz.
🔗 Read it here: www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...
Photo courtesy of Annie Leibovitz.
At least we’re sweet now? 🤷🏻♂️
September 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
At least we’re sweet now? 🤷🏻♂️
✨ Sharing my latest on Lookingglass Theatre’s “Iraq, But Funny” now playing until July 20!
🎭 Go see it!
#Chicago #Assyrian #Iraq
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🎭 Go see it!
#Chicago #Assyrian #Iraq
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Trailblazing Play "Iraq, But Funny" Is Both Hilarious and Heartfelt
Through Atra Asdou's smart and hilarious re-telling of world history narrated by TEG or The English Gentleman, she takes the audience through a crash-course of the Brits' mess of an involvement in the...
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June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
✨ Sharing my latest on Lookingglass Theatre’s “Iraq, But Funny” now playing until July 20!
🎭 Go see it!
#Chicago #Assyrian #Iraq
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🎭 Go see it!
#Chicago #Assyrian #Iraq
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"Christian nationalism attempts to merge Christian and American identities and justify the worship of power as the means of enforcing this merging. This is anti-American."
Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion Via @newsweek.com
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Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion Via @newsweek.com
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Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion
Empathy rather than the idolatry of power will actually make our nation strong.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Christian nationalism attempts to merge Christian and American identities and justify the worship of power as the means of enforcing this merging. This is anti-American."
Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion Via @newsweek.com
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Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion Via @newsweek.com
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As someone who does not have a "conventional" name for English speakers, pronouns are helpful and remove any doubts.
April 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As someone who does not have a "conventional" name for English speakers, pronouns are helpful and remove any doubts.
Former Air Force Secretary:
"Every serving military leader is painfully aware that the rank & position they have spent their entire careers attaining is on the line if they say or do anything that earns the president's disfavor." Via @newsweek.com Newsweek Opinion
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"Every serving military leader is painfully aware that the rank & position they have spent their entire careers attaining is on the line if they say or do anything that earns the president's disfavor." Via @newsweek.com Newsweek Opinion
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Former Air Force Secretary: You Should Be Alarmed by Gen. Haugh's Removal
The move to install leadership loyal to President Donald Trump personally at NSA and CYBERCOM is one more disturbing part of the Trump administration's pattern of abuse of power, coercion, and disrega...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Former Air Force Secretary:
"Every serving military leader is painfully aware that the rank & position they have spent their entire careers attaining is on the line if they say or do anything that earns the president's disfavor." Via @newsweek.com Newsweek Opinion
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"Every serving military leader is painfully aware that the rank & position they have spent their entire careers attaining is on the line if they say or do anything that earns the president's disfavor." Via @newsweek.com Newsweek Opinion
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President of #Kenya William Ruto for @newsweek.com Opinion:
"Kenya will remain committed to diplomatic, humanitarian, and technical support in #Sudan, guided by our long history of #African solidarity and the unequivocal imperative to alleviate human suffering."
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"Kenya will remain committed to diplomatic, humanitarian, and technical support in #Sudan, guided by our long history of #African solidarity and the unequivocal imperative to alleviate human suffering."
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President of Kenya: For Africa, All-Inclusive Dialogue Is Needed | Opinion
The government of Kenya will remain committed to diplomatic, humanitarian, and technical support in Sudan, guided by our long history of African solidarity and the unequivocal imperative to alleviate ...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
President of #Kenya William Ruto for @newsweek.com Opinion:
"Kenya will remain committed to diplomatic, humanitarian, and technical support in #Sudan, guided by our long history of #African solidarity and the unequivocal imperative to alleviate human suffering."
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"Kenya will remain committed to diplomatic, humanitarian, and technical support in #Sudan, guided by our long history of #African solidarity and the unequivocal imperative to alleviate human suffering."
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Former Surgeon General: Health Is a Shared Priority, Not a Privilege of the Few | Opinion
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Former Surgeon General: Health Is a Shared Priority | Opinion
A key step toward improving American health is acknowledging that the system we have isn't working.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Former Surgeon General: Health Is a Shared Priority, Not a Privilege of the Few | Opinion
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💸 April is Financial Literacy Month!
Personal finance expert Suze Orman shared 5 things everyone should do to safeguard their financial future via @newsweek.com / Newsweek Opinion:
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Personal finance expert Suze Orman shared 5 things everyone should do to safeguard their financial future via @newsweek.com / Newsweek Opinion:
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America Needs To Have a Heart-to-Heart About Money | Opinion
You do not need to make six figures to become financially free. You just need to make consistent, smart choices. And it is never too late to start.
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April 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
💸 April is Financial Literacy Month!
Personal finance expert Suze Orman shared 5 things everyone should do to safeguard their financial future via @newsweek.com / Newsweek Opinion:
www.newsweek.com/america-need...
Personal finance expert Suze Orman shared 5 things everyone should do to safeguard their financial future via @newsweek.com / Newsweek Opinion:
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Three injured in Iraq when an axe-wielding man attacks an Assyrian Christian new year parade
"Assyrians faced a wave of hate speech and offensive comments on social media following the incident."
That’s every day on social media.
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"Assyrians faced a wave of hate speech and offensive comments on social media following the incident."
That’s every day on social media.
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A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year's parade in Iraq
Witnesses and officials in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk say a man with an axe has attacked a new year's parade by Assyrian Christians, and three people have been wounded.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Three injured in Iraq when an axe-wielding man attacks an Assyrian Christian new year parade
"Assyrians faced a wave of hate speech and offensive comments on social media following the incident."
That’s every day on social media.
apnews.com/article/iraq...
"Assyrians faced a wave of hate speech and offensive comments on social media following the incident."
That’s every day on social media.
apnews.com/article/iraq...
Today’s terror attack against Assyrians in northern Iraq confirms that the Islamic State/ISIS is NOT defeated, despite what U.S. politicians say.
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today’s terror attack against Assyrians in northern Iraq confirms that the Islamic State/ISIS is NOT defeated, despite what U.S. politicians say.
💐 Happy Assyrian New Year 6775!
❤️ܚܕ ܒܢܝܣܢ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܝܟ݂ܐ ܠܟܠܟ݂ܘܢ
🌷 Photos are from my first trip to Assyria in 2022. While the New Year parade in northern Iraq this year was met with hatred& violence, I know Assyrians will remain on their Indigenous lands for 6,775 years to come! You cannot break us.
❤️ܚܕ ܒܢܝܣܢ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܝܟ݂ܐ ܠܟܠܟ݂ܘܢ
🌷 Photos are from my first trip to Assyria in 2022. While the New Year parade in northern Iraq this year was met with hatred& violence, I know Assyrians will remain on their Indigenous lands for 6,775 years to come! You cannot break us.
April 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
💐 Happy Assyrian New Year 6775!
❤️ܚܕ ܒܢܝܣܢ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܝܟ݂ܐ ܠܟܠܟ݂ܘܢ
🌷 Photos are from my first trip to Assyria in 2022. While the New Year parade in northern Iraq this year was met with hatred& violence, I know Assyrians will remain on their Indigenous lands for 6,775 years to come! You cannot break us.
❤️ܚܕ ܒܢܝܣܢ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܝܟ݂ܐ ܠܟܠܟ݂ܘܢ
🌷 Photos are from my first trip to Assyria in 2022. While the New Year parade in northern Iraq this year was met with hatred& violence, I know Assyrians will remain on their Indigenous lands for 6,775 years to come! You cannot break us.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) in @newsweek.com Opinion:
"We are the richest country in the history of the world. There is no excuse for people dying young because of the financial stress that they deal with every day."
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"We are the richest country in the history of the world. There is no excuse for people dying young because of the financial stress that they deal with every day."
www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) in @newsweek.com Opinion:
"We are the richest country in the history of the world. There is no excuse for people dying young because of the financial stress that they deal with every day."
www.newsweek.com/bernie-sande...
"We are the richest country in the history of the world. There is no excuse for people dying young because of the financial stress that they deal with every day."
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My take on how the op ed directive over ‘’free markets’’ issued by Jeff Bezos at @thewashingtonpost.bsky.social is, in a word, bullshit. #JeffBezos #WashingtonPost www.newsweek.com/mythology-fr...
The Mythology of Free Markets | Opinion
The Washington Post's motto famously declares that "Democracy Dies in Darkness." But democracy also dies when the marketplace of ideas becomes as monopolized as the marketplace for consumer goods.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Me when I have to tell people for the 900th time to stop using the archaic umbrella term “Arab World.”
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Me when I have to tell people for the 900th time to stop using the archaic umbrella term “Arab World.”
~Some think abracadabra comes from the Hebrew phrase “ebrah k'dabri,” which means “I create as I speak,” while others think it comes from “avra gavra,” an Aramaic phrase meaning “I will create man”—the words of God on the sixth day of creation.
—Mar 1, 2024, National Geographic
—Mar 1, 2024, National Geographic
🚨 Lady Gaga premieres the ‘Abracadabra’ music video during a #GRAMMYs commercial break.
February 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
~Some think abracadabra comes from the Hebrew phrase “ebrah k'dabri,” which means “I create as I speak,” while others think it comes from “avra gavra,” an Aramaic phrase meaning “I will create man”—the words of God on the sixth day of creation.
—Mar 1, 2024, National Geographic
—Mar 1, 2024, National Geographic
💡 Did you know that the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri has two Assyrian sphinxes on site?
✨ The Memorial was first designed in the 1920s with an Egyptian architecture revival in mind.
✨ The Memorial was first designed in the 1920s with an Egyptian architecture revival in mind.
January 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
💡 Did you know that the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri has two Assyrian sphinxes on site?
✨ The Memorial was first designed in the 1920s with an Egyptian architecture revival in mind.
✨ The Memorial was first designed in the 1920s with an Egyptian architecture revival in mind.
Reposted by Ramsen ♔ ܪܡܣܢ
In my latest piece at @newsweek.com I speak to Trump’s lawless first days in office: www.newsweek.com/two-weeks-tr...
In Two Weeks, Trump Has Already Created a Constitutional Crisis | Opinion
The courts will inevitably be called upon to referee these conflicts, but by the time cases wind their way through the torpid judicial system, significant damage to our constitutional order will alrea...
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January 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In my latest piece at @newsweek.com I speak to Trump’s lawless first days in office: www.newsweek.com/two-weeks-tr...
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My great grandmother and her sisters were survivors of the Assyrian genocide during WW1. Fled their homes in the middle of the night to escape. 😢
January 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My great grandmother and her sisters were survivors of the Assyrian genocide during WW1. Fled their homes in the middle of the night to escape. 😢
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How do you know an #antiquity is #fake? Here's a thread on what makes me suspicious about some objects currently for sale from an online gallery, despite their offered "Lifetime Certificate of Authenticity," starting w/this "Assyrian" relief. #forgery #artcrime #ANE
January 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
How do you know an #antiquity is #fake? Here's a thread on what makes me suspicious about some objects currently for sale from an online gallery, despite their offered "Lifetime Certificate of Authenticity," starting w/this "Assyrian" relief. #forgery #artcrime #ANE
The church I was baptized in.
Recently sold to a boutique real estate developer, the longtime home of Mar Sargis Church at Cuyler & Wolcott in North Center was permitted for demo yesterday. A former Lutheran church, it was purchased and remodeled by the Assyrian Church of the East parish in the early '50s.
January 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The church I was baptized in.