Shlimon Bet Shmuel

Shlimon Bet-Shmuel was born on April 24th 1950 in the small village of Bet-Baidey, near the town of Amadia in the Sapna region in northern Mesopotamia (Iraq today).

At an early age Shlimon showed an interest in singing where he started chanting hymns and antiphonal (Alternation between two choirs) in the village church. The nature of the rich land and the deep rooted folk heritage mixed with ritual hymns had a strong influence in building up his talent at an early stage of life.

Aftre graduating from High School in 1970, Shlimon became an active member of the Assyrian Cultural Club in Baghdad where he made numerous stage performnce from 1970 and until he left the homland September 1973. Some of the memorable songs which he performed during this period were "Orkha D?Nineveh" or "The Road to Nineveh ", "Brata D?Oumtee" or "Daughter of my Nation", "Akkara" or "The Plowman" and more.

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