Juliana Jendo (born November 30, 1962 in

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, Syria,

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: ܓܘܠܝܢܐ ܓܢܕܐ) is an Assyrian singer and actress who, unlike many other

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-speaking artists, has occasionally recorded songs in

Turoyo Turoyo ( syr, ܛܘܪܝܐ) (''Ṭūr ‘Abdinian Aramaic''), also referred to as modern Surayt ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken in the Tur Abdin region in southeas ...

, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic and as well as in

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. She has mostly recorded folk dance music.

Biography

Born on November 30, 1962 in

, Syria, she studied

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at a university there. In 1980, she and her family immigrated to the United States. She currently resides in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

. Furthermore, she is on honorary

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of the organization ''Nasraya Ad Dema'' that she founded.

Discography

* 1987 – Mardita * 1988 – Khater Aynatoukh * 1990 – Love & Dance * 1993 – Wardeh Deesheh * 1994 – The Flowers Of Assyria * 1994 – Qadari (

) * 1995 – Athro Halyo (

) * 1998 – Ashek D'Mathwathan * 2003 – Mellatti * 2008 – Elemo Halyo (turoyo) * 2008 – Tel Kepeh (Arabic, Turoyo) * 2010 – Golden Tunes * 2015 – Talibootha

Filmography

* 1988 – Semeleh (Silent short film) * 1991 – Wardeh Deesheh (Crushed Flowers) (Lead role: Nineveh and Nina) * 1994 – The Flowers of Assyria (8 Video clips) * 2005 – The Cost of Happiness (Supporting role: Yimma "Mother")

References

External links

Qeenatha music profilelastfm music profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jendo, Juliana Living people Assyrian musicians American people of Assyrian descent Syriac-language singers Syrian emigrants to the United States People from Detroit Singers from Detroit 1962 births Arabic-language singers