AynHaylo Our Aramean ethnic identity has not been introduced 30 40 years ago It is a not a completely new name for us invented by the Syriac Orthodox Church The old name has not been actively used in our daily life and was revived in the diaspora to avoid the Syrian Suryoyo name because most people think of Arabs and Muslims when they hear Syrian but we definitely knew that our language is Aramaic and our ethnicity is Aramean even in our homeland We should be grateful that our ancestors have preserved our Aramaic heritage and history despite Christianization Eusebius of Caesarea 339 and from Aram the Arameans which are also called Syrians From Sebastian Brock Eusebius and Syriac Christianity in Harold W Attridge and Gohei Hata eds Eusebius Christianity and Judaism Leiden 1992 p 226 From Sebastian Brock Eusebius and Syriac Christianity in Harold W Attridge and Gohei Hata eds Eusebius Christianity and Judaism Leiden 1992 p 226 Nestorian Bar Bahlul from the 10th century says Men qdim SURYAYE ARAMAYE methqren waw The SYRIANS were previously called ARAMEANS Mar Jacob of Edessa 708 A D Ho hokuth hnan OROMOYE awkith SURYOYE It in the same way also we the ARAMEANS that is to say the SYRIANS Jacques des Edesse Scolie dans Patrologie Orientalis T 29 1960 P 196 Mar Dionysios of Tell Mahre 9th century u men horko shari bnay Hogor lamsho bed la bnay OROM b she bodo Mesroyo Since the descendants of Hagar The Arabs began to enslave the sons of ARAM The Arameans an Egyptian slavery Chabot Jean Baptiste Quatri me Partie de la Chronique Syriaque de Denys de Tell Mahr Texte Syrlaque P 11 Michael the Syrian Tub yad Aloho kuthbinan al uhdono d malekwotho da hway b zabno atiqo men umtho dilan OROMOYE awkith bnay OROM ethqriw SURYOYE awkith bnay SURIYA By the help of God we will present what is said about the ancient kingdoms that were built by our ARAMEAN nation that is to say the sons descendants of ARAM who were called SYRIANS that is to say the sons inhabitants of Syria Chabot Jean Baptiste La Chronique Syriaque de Michel le Syrien T 3 P 442