Vision
Our vision is to make the Aramean story — from ancient inscriptions to today’s diaspora — visible, connected, and alive. We believe that when our heritage is preserved and accessible, our people can stand more confidently in the present and imagine a freer future.
A complete, connected record of Aramean life
We envision Arameans.com as the most comprehensive digital window into Aramean history and culture, bringing together:
- Historical records: photos, documents, manuscripts, maps, and timelines.
- Cultural expressions: music, poetry, art, jewelry, crafts, festivals, and everyday traditions.
- Community life: biographies, family stories, village histories, and diaspora experiences.
Fragmented archives, private collections, and scattered memories will be carefully catalogued and woven into a single, searchable ecosystem.
A bridge between homeland and diaspora
Our people today live in Tur Abdin and Qamishli, in Jerusalem and Aleppo, in Europe, the Americas, and beyond. We want this platform to be a bridge:
- between elders and youth,
- between villages and big cities,
- between those who remained and those who left,
- between scholars and community members.
Through this bridge, we hope to inspire return visits, cultural projects, language revitalization, and local initiatives that strengthen Aramean presence in our ancestral lands and in our new homes.
A space for serious, respectful conversation
Our wider Syriac world carries many names and self-understandings — Aramean, Syriac, Suryoyo, Assyrian, Chaldean. Identity questions are often sensitive and complex.
Our vision is to host well-researched, respectful, multi-voiced conversations on these questions, grounded in sources and history rather than slogans and hostility. We believe that understanding our past more clearly can only strengthen our dignity and solidarity today.
A future-minded archive
We do not only look backwards.
Our vision includes:
- Digitizing and preserving endangered collections before they disappear.
- Encouraging creative work—films, photography, music, literature—that draws on Aramean heritage.
- Equipping the next generation with tools, sources, and confidence to continue the work.
If our children can click, read, listen, and watch their history in their own language and through their own people’s eyes, then our efforts have succeeded.