Fred Aprim, an Assyrian Christian, was born in the ancient Assyrian city of "Arrapha", known during Christianity as "Kharkha de Bet Selokh", or modern Kirkuk, in northern Iraq (Assyria). He is a graduate of Mosul University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Fred's family, like many Assyrian families, experienced its share of oppression and persecution. While in Iraq, both his father and teenage brother were imprisoned and tortured. In 2003, he published a booklet titled "Indigenous People in Distress." In December 2004, he published his second book "Assyrians: The Continuous Saga" by Xlib more...