Editing Gabriel Asaad

{{Short description|Assyrian musician (born 1907)}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Gabriel Asaad<br>ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ
| image       = Gabriel in a photostudio.jpg
| caption     = Gabriel Asaad in 1962
| image_size  = 225
| birth_name  =
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1907|03|18}}
| birth_place = [[Midyat]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1997|07|06|1907|03|18}}
| death_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| nationality =
| other_names =
| known_for   = [[Composer]] and [[Assyrian nationalism|Assyrian nationalist]]
| occupation  = }}

'''Gabriel Asaad''' ([[Syriac language|Syriac]]: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ) (March 18, 1907 &ndash; July 6, 1997 [[Stockholm]]) was an [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] composer and musician. He was born in [[Midyat]]. His classic songs include "Ho Donho Shemsho" (ܗܐ ܕܢܚܐ ܫܡܫܐ The sun is shining), "Motho Rhimto" (ܡܬܐ ܪܚܝܡܬܐ Beloved nation) and "Moth Beth-Nahrin" (ܡܬܝ ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ Mesopotamia, my nation). Gabriel Asaad was a pioneer of Assyrian music and composed the first Assyrian song in the [[Turoyo language]] in modern times, "Othuroye Ho Mtoth Elfan l-Metba‘" (1926, ܐܬܘܪܝܶܐ ܗܐ ܡܛܬ ܐܠܦܢ ܠܡܛܒܥ Assyrians, our ship is sinking).

==See also==
*[[List of Assyrian musicians]]

== References ==
*[http://www.ishakalkomi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=371%3A2010-10-31-10-30-13&Itemid=15 الموسيقار السرياني كبرئيل أسعد] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235156/http://www.ishakalkomi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=371:2010-10-31-10-30-13&Itemid=15 |date=2012-03-25 }}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929103750/http://www.qeenatha.com/viewprofile.php?id=222 Gabriel Asaad], Qeenatha.com

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008041831/http://khabour.com/ara/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=29&func=view&catid=47&id=5742 الموسيقار الملفان كبرئيل أسعد ], كريم إينا

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[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:Turkish emigrants to Sweden]]
[[Category:Assyrian nationalists]]
[[Category:Assyrian musicians]]
[[Category:Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:Syriac-language singers]]
[[Category:Swedish people of Assyrian descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Syrian male singers]]
[[Category:20th-century composers]]
[[Category:People from Midyat]]


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