About Us
Arameans.com is a digital home for the memory, culture, and living story of the Aramean people. Our mission is simple and ambitious: to gather scattered pieces of our past and present into one accessible, beautiful, and searchable archive — and to make it belong to everyone.
Who we are
We are Syriac-Arameans from different corners of Beth Nahrin (Mesopotamia) and the global diaspora, working together with friends, historians, archivists, and technologists. Some of us grew up in Tur Abdin, Qamishli, Aleppo, Urhoy (Edessa) and the villages around them. Others were born in Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and beyond.
What unites us is the conviction that our people’s story is not finished — and that every photograph, letter, song, and memory we preserve pushes back against forgetting.
What we do
Arameans.com is:
- A Digital Archive
A curated and growing collection of historical photographs, documents, maps, and recordings that trace Aramean life from our ancient cities to modern neighborhoods and diaspora communities. - A Cultural Library
Essays on history and identity, articles on traditions and feasts, profiles of key figures, explorations of arts and crafts, and features on our music, cuisine, and daily life. - A Living Timeline
Our Aramean Timeline places key events, communities, and personalities on a chronological path — from early Aramean kingdoms and the spread of Aramaic, to the Christian Syriac heritage, to migrations, genocide, and rebirth. - A Community Platform
We invite community members to share their family photos, stories, oral histories, and research. Arameans.com is designed to grow with contributions from Arameans everywhere, not just a small team.
Why this matters
For centuries, Arameans have lived between empires, borders, and languages. Our manuscripts were scattered, our villages emptied, and our people forced into migration. Yet our language, liturgy, songs, and memory have survived in homes, churches, and hearts.
In a world where archives are often locked away or lost, we believe that a free, digital, Aramean-centered archive is an act of cultural responsibility. It allows our children, and their children, to see themselves in a story that did not begin with exile — and does not end there.
How you can take part
- Contribute: Share photographs, documents, recordings, or research.
- Tell your story: Write about your family, your village, your church, your journey.
- Collaborate: If you are a researcher, institution, or archive holding relevant material, we would love to partner.
- Support: Help us fund digitization, research, translations, and technical infrastructure.
This archive is built for Arameans everywhere — and for anyone who cares about our shared human heritage. You are warmly invited to help write the next chapter.