Moussa Esa
In this recording, Moussa Esa, Chairman of the Swedish football (soccer) club Assyriska FF, details the survival story of his maternal grandparents, Nejme and Murad, during the 1915 Seyfo Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkey. Recorded in Chicago at the 93rd Annual Assyrian Convention, Esa also explains the historical significance of the club's commemorative soccer jersey, which honors the past by listing the names of Assyrian martyrs alongside their ancestral villages and cities.
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