AynHaylo Our Aramean ethnic identity has not been introduced  years ago It is a not a completely new name for us invented by the SyriacOrthodox 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   and from Aram the Arameans which are also called SyriansFrom Sebastian Brock Eusebius and Syriac Christianity in Harold W Attridge and Gohei Hata eds Eusebius Christianity and Judaism Leiden  p   From Sebastian Brock Eusebius and Syriac Christianity in Harold W Attridge and Gohei Hata eds Eusebius Christianity and Judaism Leiden  p   Nestorian Bar Bahlul from the th century says Men qdim SURYAYE ARAMAYE methqren waw  The SYRIANS were previously called ARAMEANS  Mar Jacob of Edessa  AD Ho hokuth hnan OROMOYE awkith SURYOYE  It in the same way also we the ARAMEANS that is to say the SYRIANSJacques des Edesse Scolie dans Patrologie OrientalisT P  Mar Dionysios of Tell Mahre  th centuryumen horko shari bnay Hogor lamsho bed labnay OROM bshe bodo Mesroyo  Since the descendants of Hagar The Arabs began to enslave the sons of ARAM The Arameans an Egyptian slaveryChabotJeanBaptiste Quatrime Partie de la Chronique Syriaque de Denys de Tell Mahr Texte SyrlaqueP  Michael the SyrianTub yad Aloho kuthbinan al uhdono dmalekwotho dahway bzabno 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 SyriaChabotJeanBaptisteLa Chronique Syriaque de Michel  le SyrienT P