Juliana Jendo

Juliana Jendo
Jendo performing at a concert, 2017
Background information
Birth name	Juliana Jendo
Born	(1956-11-30) November 30, 1956 Tel Tamer, Assyria
Genres	Assyrian music, Pop, Folk pop, World music, Dance, Folk dance.
Occupation(s)	Singer and actress
Instrument	vocals
Years active	1986–present

Juliana Jendo (born November 30, 1956, in Tel Tamer, Assyria, Syriac: ܓܘܠܝܢܐ ܓܢܕܐ) is a Syrian Assyrian singer and actress who, unlike many other Assyrian Neo-Aramaic-speaking artists, has occasionally recorded songs in Turoyo, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic and as well as in Arabic. She has mostly recorded folk dance music.She grew up in a beautiful small town in the northeast of Syria where her father enrolled her at the age of 3 in a school where teaching was bilingual in Arabic and French. However, at home she only spoke Soureth (Assyrian). Her father is a strict but loving man who attached great importance to her education, becoming very angry when she did not finish the year school at the top of the class. She is grateful to him today: she loves him infinitely and she is convinced that she would not have succeeded if he had not been so demanding. Along with his mother, they were always caring parents who cared about his future. They are their Garden of Eden. After completing her studies in Syria, they settled in Chicago where she earned a master's degree in French literature with honors. She was then constantly contacted by American fashion or production agencies who tried, for years, to convince her to become a photo-model or to act in films. But she always refused these offers because her dream was to become an “Assyrian-Chaldean-Syrian” singer, but also an ambassador for her people. And her dream came true with the help of her beloved people, remember that Juliana Jendo was appointed by the Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac as the queen of Assyria. Juliana was the first Assyrian singer to give concerts in Russia or Switzerland in Germany... Juliana and also very well known in the world of cinema, she was able to make many films and many series in Assyrian. She has played several important roles in films given to her and also to sing in several languages ​​such as Greek, French, English, the breakthrough in her 2010 album and also the first singer Assyrian to make an album in Arabic.

Biography

Born in Tel Tamer, Syria, she studied French literature at a university there. In 1980, she and her family immigrated to the United States. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Furthermore, she is on honorary chairwoman 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 (Arabic)
• 1995 – Athro Halyo (Turoyo)
• 1998 – Ashek D'Mathwathan
• 2003 – Mellatti
• 2008 – Elemo Halyo (turoyo)
• 2008 – Tel Kepeh (Arabic, Turoyo)
• 2010 – Golden Tunes
• 2015 – Talibootha

Singles

• 2021 - Go Qaploukh Babi
• 2022 - Aweleh
• 2022 - Taloukh Baby feat. Kynexx Obimba
• 2023 - Alqoshnaya

Filmography

• 1988 – Semeleh (Silent short film)
• 1991 – Wardeh Deesheh (Trampled Flowers) (Dual role: Nineveh and Nina)
• 1994 – The Flowers of Assyria (eight music videos)
• 2005 – The Cost of Happiness (Supporting role: Yimma "Mother")

External links

• Qeenatha music profile
• lastfm music profile