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Rosie Malek-Yonan

Assyrian actor, director & author of The Crimson Field
Born July 4th
Assyrian
Occupation Actor, Author, Director, Activist
Official site RosieMalek-Yonan.com
theCrimsonField.com

Rosie Malek-Yonan is an Assyrian actress, artist, director, author and activist.

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Born on the fourth of July, in Tehran, Iran, Rosie Malek-Yonan ( رزی ملک یونان ) is a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent Assyrian families, tracing her Assyrian roots back nearly eleven centuries. The Malek family or tribe came from the Assyrian village of Geogtapah, Urmi (also known as Urmia), a region in northwestern Iran.[1]

In the 17th century, Geogtapah became the setting for the famous tragic love story of Aslee (from the House of Malek) and Karam, a commoner. The tale has been recounted in numerous Assyrian and Russian books. The Aslee and Karam Opera was composed in Russia in the early part of the 20th century. Recordings of this opera are still in existence. This tragic love story has been compared to that of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. A beautiful stone well was erected in the village of Geogtapah in Aslee's memory after her heartrending and untimely death.

Her father, George Malek-Yonan (b. 1924), an international attorney in Iran, was personally responsible for negotiating and procuring a seat for the Assyrians as a recognized minority in the Iranian Parliament or Majlis of Iran. This was a huge accomplishment for a people who had been without a formal country since the fall of the Assyrian Empire. He also held the title of Champion of Champions in Iran for many years.[2]

Rosie's mother, Lida Malek-Yonan[3] (1928–2002) regarded as an activist and humanitarian, was equally influential in demanding recognition for Assyrian women in Iran by launching and presiding over the Assyrian Women's Organization which was the only officially recognized charter member of the Iranian Women's Association up until the end of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

During the Assyrian Genocide of 1914-1918, Rosie's grandparents left their ancestral homeland in Urmi, Iran, during the Great Exodus from Urmi. The Malek-Yonan family fled to Mesopotamia where her father was born in Baghdad, while Rosie's maternal grandmother fled to Russia where her mother was born in Rostov. Years later, both families returned to Tehran where her parents met and were married. Rosie has a younger sister, Monica who works very closely with her on most of her projects. Rosie's great-great-uncle, Dr. Jesse Malek-Yonan[4] represented the Assyrians of Urmi during the Paris Peace Talks in 1919 after World War I.

Rosie Malek-Yonan is a classically trained pianist, composer, actress, director, writer and documentary filmmaker. She began studying piano at the age of four and while still in her teens, competed in and won many national piano competitions in Iran and attended the Tehran Conservatory of Music. In 1972 after winning a national piano competition in Iran, she was invited by Queen Farah Pahlavi to play at a Command Performance. Upon receiving her L.C. degree in English from the University of Cambridge, she studied classical piano with Saul Joseph at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and acting with Ray Reinhardt at the American Conservatory Theatre. A graduate of San Francisco State University with two degrees in Music, she won an invitation to study drama at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the historic Pasadena Playhouse. Her plays have been produced and performed on stage in Los Angeles.

Rosie made her television debut on the series Dynasty in 1982, immediately followed by a national commercial for AT&T where she spoke in Assyrian. She has since appeared in numerous notable television shows, films and plays, acting in a wide range of roles opposite many of Hollywood's leading actors. She played the role of Nuru Il-Ebrahimi, opposite Reese Witherspoon in New Line Cinema's Rendition, directed by Oscar winning director Gavin Hood. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2006, at the 73rd Annual Assyrian Convention in Chicago, Illinois, the Board of Advisors of the Assyrian American National Federation, Inc., selected Rosie Malek-Yonan as Woman of the Year.

In 2007 she joined the Board of Advisors at the Seyfo Center in Europe and the United States. The center deals with issues concerning the Assyrian Genocide of 1914-1918. She is also the Patron of the Assyrian Levies Organization in Australia.[5]

She is an outspoken advocate on issues concerning her nation, in particular bringing attention to the Assyrian Genocide as well as the plight of today's Assyrians in the Middle-East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and its Coalition Forces.

Rosie Malek-Yonan

Congressional Testimony 30 June 2006

On June 30, 2006, Rosie Malek-Yonan, was invited to testify on Capitol Hill before a Congressional Committee[6][7] of the 109th Congress on religious freedom regarding the genocide, massacres and persecution of Assyrians in Iraq by Kurds and Islamists. She compared the Assyrian Genocide of 1914-1918, as depicted in her epic and historical novel The Crimson Field,[8] to the current plight of the indigenous Assyrian Christians in Iraq. Her passionate testimony and plea to the U.S. government, ultimately prompted Congressman Christopher Smith[9] (R-NJ) to travel to war-torn Iraq to witness matters for himself. While in Iraq, after meeting with local Assyrians, he turned in Malek-Yonan’s report to U.S. Officials in Iraq. One year later, a Congressional appropriations subcommittee voted to send $10 million to aid the Assyrian Christians in Iraq.[10]

The complete archived transcript and webcast of the actual Congressional Testimony is available at the website of the U.S. House of Representatives.[11]

Monica Malek-Yonan's documentary film, My Assyrian Nation on the Edge,[12] based on Rosie Malek-Yonan's Congressional Testimony was released September 2006 (ISBN 0-9771873-0-6) in English. In co-operation with Seyfo Center in Europe, the documentary is being released with French, German, Swedish and Dutch subtitles (ISBN 978-0-9771873-31).

  • "Superbly acted and directed...Director Rosie Malek-Yonan...honed the works to perfection, even down to the fitting choice of songs for transitions and intermission." ~Martin Hernandez, LA Weekly
  • "Rosie Malek-Yonan has done an excellent job directing...top-of-the-line and what might have become a sketch in other hands becomes a poignant episode of universal import...exceptional direction." ~Bruce Feld
  • "...very well directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan...The material is very tricky, but Malek-Yonan handles it with requisite sensitivity, without in any way watering down the heavy conflict...Sparks ignite..." ~Bruce Feld

  • Animal Stories (2005) - Starring as Maryam - Directed by Shammi Samano
  • Up Close And Personal (1996) - Co-Starring - Directed by Jon Avnet
  • Separate Rooms (1990) - Starring - Directed by G. Tempert
  • Walking Among Angels (1980s) - Starring as Angel - Directed by Alexandria Dante
  • Olives For Breakfast (1980s) - Starring as Rosie - Directed by Nilgun Tolken

  • LIFE (A Civil War) (2007) - Roya Darvashi - Directed by Dan Sackheim
  • E.R. (Family Business) (2007) - Nazely - Directed by Richard Thorpe
  • JAG (Lawyers, Guns and Money) (2003) - Rosa - Directed by Bradford May
  • CSI: Miami (Camp Fear) (2002) - Co-Starring - Directed by Joe Chappelle for Deran Serafian
  • JAG (In Country) (2002) - Guest Starring - Directed by Hugo Cortina
  • Three Sisters (NBC Pilot) (2001) - Co-Starring - Directed by Pam Fryman
  • The Practice (Checkmates) (2000) - Lambert - Directed by Andy Wolk
  • ST. Michael's Crossing (CBS Pilot) (1999) - Co-Starring - Directed by Robert Butler
  • Melrose Place (Asses to Ashes) (1999) - Co-Starring - Directed by Charles Pratt, Jr.
  • Chicago Hope (White Rabbit) (1999) - Recurring/Cindy Grey - Directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino
  • Beverly Hills, 90210 (The Fundamental Things Apply) (1998) - Recurring as Barbara - Directed by Harvey Frost
  • Profiler (Victims of Victims) (1998) - Roya - Directed by John Patterson
  • Chicago Hope (Second Chance) (1997) - Recurring/Cindy Grey - Directed by Stephen Cragg
  • Chicago Hope (The Day of the Rope) (1997) - Recurring/Cindy Grey - Directed by Michael Schultz
  • The Visitor (The Black Box) (1997) - Maria - Directed by Frederick King Keller
  • Diagnosis: Murder (In Defense of Murder) (1997) - Claudia Mores - Directed by Vincent McEveety
  • Chicago Hope (Last One Out, Get the Lights) (1996) - Recurring/Cindy Grey - Directed by Bill D'Elia
  • NYPD Blue (Curt Russell)] (1995) - Ackama - Directed by Jim Charleston
  • Babylon 5 (Confessions and Lamentations) (1995) - Co-Starring - Directed by Kevin Cremin
  • Lethal Charm aka Her Wicked Ways (MOW) (1991) - Co-Starring - Directed by Richard Michaels
  • Cop Rock (Bang the Potts Slowly) (1990) - Co-Starring - Directed by Fred Gerber
  • Murder, She Wrote (Appointment in Athens) (1989) - Co-Starring - Directed by Vincent McEveety
  • Dynasty (The Search) (1982) - Co-Starring - Directed by Vincent McEveety

Rosie Malek-Yonan

  • Days of Our Lives - Recurring - Directed by Herb Stein, Joseph Behar, Phil Sogard, Randy Robbins, and Susan Orlikoff Simon
  • General Hospital - (multiple episodes) Guest Starring - Directed by Phil Sogart and Alan Pultz
  • The Young and the Restless - (multiple episodes) Guest-Starring - Directed by Sally McDonald
  • Capitol - Recurring - Directed by Kenn Herman, Corey Allen and Patrick Corbett
  • Generations - Gretchen - Directed by Edward Mallory
  • Santa Barbara - (multiple episodes) Guest Starring - Directed by Rick Bennewitz

  • The Assyrians - (2007) (In Production) - Pearlida Pictures
  • My Assyrian Nation on the Edge (2006) (ISBN 0-9771873-0-6) - Pearlida Pictures, A Monica Malek-Yonan Film, based on a Congressional Testimony by Rosie Malek-Yonan

  • William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life - Elsie - Pasadena Playhouse - Directed by Jill Mana Capps
  • Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke - Alma - Pasadena Playhouse - Directed by Stan Zales
  • Detective Story - Susan - Pasadena Playhouse - Directed by Darleen Duralia
  • Bedfellows (A World Premiere, Drama-Logue Award recipient and Critic's Pick)- Miranda Morales - Skylight Theatre - Directed by Chris Fields for the Echo Theatre Co. (1996)
  • A Gentleman Of Quality - Nicole - Ivar Theatre - Directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan
  • Molier's Le Malade imaginaire The Imaginary Invalid - Toinette - Gallery Theatre - Directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan
  • Speak! (A World Premiere) - Brandy - Theatre Geo - Directed by Dana Coen
  • Soft Dude (Critic's Pick) - Doll - Theatre Geo - Directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan
  • Garrison Keilor's My Stepmother, Myself - Snow - Theatre Geo - Directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan
  • Double Bound (A World Premiere) - Mori - En Scene Theatre - Directed by Herb Rogers
  • Once A Catholic - Mother Thomas Aquinas- Celtic Arts Center - Directed by Joe Premell
  • The Light In The Mill (A World Premiere) - Nancy - Theatre Americana - Directed by Edgar Weinstock
  • Lies Like Truth (A World Premiere) - Denise - Theatre Americana - Directed by John Otrin
  • Stage Door - Olga - Charles Jehlinger Theatre - Directed by Lisle Wilson
  • All Over Town - Millie - Charles Jehlinger Theatre - Directed by Ken McGee

The Seagull (Nina) - Blythe Spirit (Madame Arcati) - Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Julia) - A Mid-Summer Night's Dream (Hermia) - The Merchant Of Venice (Portia) - Charlie's Aunt (Kitty) - Miss Julie (Julie) - Moon Children (Kathy) - Bad Habits (Ruth Benson) - Broadway (Grace) - Twigs (Celia)

  • Her Master's Voice - Co-wrote with Monica Malek-Yonan - Radio Show
  • The Imaginary Invalid - Gallery Theatre, Hollywood
  • A Gentleman of Quality - Co-wrote with Monica Malek-Yonan - Ivar Theatre, Hollywood
  • A Matter of the Mind - En Scene Theatre, N. Hollywood
  • Service Please Hold! (from 8x10) - Theatre Geo, Hollywood
  • Soft Dude - Theatre Geo, Hollywood
  • Correct Address - Theatre Geo, Hollywood
  • The Ties That Bind - Theatre Geo, Hollywood
  • My Stepmother, Myself - Theatre Geo, Hollywood

Rosie Malek-Yonan

Cover of Rosie Malek-Yonan's The Crimson Field
Born
Genres Historical & literary novel
Subjects A true story set to the backdrop of the World War I Assyrian Genocide
Debut works The Crimson Field 2005 - ISBN 0-9771873-4-9
Website www.theCrimsonField.com

THE CRIMSON FIELD by Rosie Malek-Yonan

ISBN 0-9771873-4-9

Pearlida Publishing

The The Crimson Field is a historical and literary epic novel, set in Urmia, Iran. It is based on real events and true family chronicles set to the backdrop of the Assyrian Genocide of 1914-1918 in the shadows of World War I where 750,000 Assyrians were massacred by the Ottoman Turks, Kurds and Persians. The book was selected as The Assyrian Event of the Year 2005 by Zinda Magazine (22 April 2006). It was also featured in the Winter 2007's 4th issue of MAKE,[13] a Chicago Literary Magazine.

  • We are the ones for whom we've been waiting (Chicago), 2007. The Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation's 23rd Annual Scholarship Dinner, 15 July
  • The Assyrian Parade (Tarzana, CA), 2007. The Assyrian Festival, 14 April
  • Deliver Us From Evil (Anaheim, CA), 2007. TBNTV, 24 February
  • The Assyrians (Tarzana, CA), 2007. The Unveiling of the Assyrian Genocide Memorial Wall, 17 February
  • The Assyrian Story (Turlock, CA), 2007. 29 October
  • A Continuous Slow Genocide (U.C. Merced, CA), 2006. 28 October
  • I am an Assyrian Woman (Tarzana, CA), 2006 12 August
  • Congressional Statement (DC), 2006. 30 June
  • Assyrian Genocide 1914-1918 (U.C. Berkeley, CA), 2006. 1 March
  • My Journey a series of lectures that began in Boston, MA on 1 September 2005 through December 2006

  • The Religion Report, 2007. Rosie Malek-Yonan interviewed by Stephen Crittenden on the topic of Christian Minorities in the Islamic Middle East, for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National, 30 May.
  • Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (DC), 2007. Testimony of Rosie Malek-Yonan before the House committee on International Relations (Washington DC: U.S. House of Representatives, June 30, 2006), pgs 39 and 48 May.
  • Zinda Magazine (DC), 2007. Journalistic Conglomeration that is Zinda!, 25 April.
  • Michael Zapata, Editor-in-Chief, 2007. MAKE, a Chicago Literary Magazine, 4th issue featured a chapter from The Crimson Field, February.
  • Zinda Magazine (DC), 2007. Malek-Yonan Joins the Cast of Rendition, 8 January.
  • Sargon Donabed and Ninos Donabed, 2006. Assyrians of Eastern Massachusetts (Images of America), p.18.
  • Keith Roderick, 2006. The Un-Holy Month Of Ramadan, NRO: Pious Time For Muslims Is A Deadly One For Christians And Minorities, CBS News and National Review on Line, 18 October.
  • Zinda Magazine, 2006. Rosie Malek-Yonan's The Crimson Field Selected as The Assyrian Event of the Year 6577/2005, 22 April.
  • Hujada, 2006. Rosie takes Seyfo in Own Hands, July/August edition.
  • Waleeta Canon (DC), 2006. Zinda Magazine cover story Rosie Malek-Yonan Goes to Washington, 1 July.
  • Nina Georgizova (DC), 2006 Zinda Magazine One Woman. One Testimony. One Voice., 1 July.
  • Zinda Magazine (DC), 2006 the Lighthouse Feature Article: Rosie Malek-Yonan's Statement Read Before the House Committee on International Relations on 30 June 2006 1 July.
  • Assyrian Star, Summer 2006. Rosie Malek-Yonan's Statement Read Before the House Committee on International Relations on 30 June 2006, Volume LVIII, No. 2.
  • Wilfred Bet-Alkhas (DC), 2006. Zinda Magazine The Fourth Column, 25 October.
  • The Christian Post, 2006. Can Religious Pluralism Survive? 28 August.
  • The Modesto Bee (CA), 2006. Assyrian History on Display: Turlock Event Features Author, Documentary, 29 October.
  • The Modesto Bee (CA), 2006. Assyrian Club Marks 60 Years: Event to be Celebrated with Gala and Appearances by Writer-Actress, 26 October.
  • Wilfred Bet-Alkhas (DC), 2006. Neo-Assyrianism & the End of the Confounded Identity, 7 August.
  • Congressional Quarterly Transcriptions, 2006. U.S. Representative Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) Holds a Hearing on Middle East Religious Minorities, 30 June.
  • Washington Day Book (DC), 2006. The Washington Daybook - House Committees, Revised - 9:30 a.m. - Hearing House International Relations Committee, (Rosie Malek-Yonan, author, The Crimson Field), 29 June.
  • Washington Day Book (DC), 2006. The Washington Daybook - House Committees, 10 a.m. - Hearing House International Relations Committee (Rosie Malek-Yonan, author, The Crimson Field), 29 June.
  • Fairfax Community Newspaper, (Australia), 2006. Bravo Rosie, 26 July.
  • Zinda Magazine (DC), 2005. Cover story Rosie Malek-Yonan, A Special Biography, 27 April.
  • Zinda Magazine (DC), 2005. The Crimson Field Set for September Release, 6 August.
  • Zinda Magazine (DC), 2005. Cover story Uncovering Rosie Malek-Yonan's The Crimson Field, 31 August
  • Assyrian Star, Fall 2005. Assyrian Achievers, Volume LVII, Number 3.
  • Javanan International (CA), 2005. Rosie Malek-Yonan and The Crimson Field, 4 November.
  • Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, 2000. Deep Space Nine Companion (Star Trek Deep Space Nine), p. 387.
  • Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda and Debbie Mirek, 1999. The Star Trek Encyclopedia.
  • Back Stage West (CA), 1996. Review of Bedfellows, 14 November.
  • Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA), 1995. Mr. Blackwell has kind words for jury, 16 April.
  • Daily News of Los Angeles (CA), 1995. Simpson Jurors Get Private Performance, 26 February.
  • Steven Oxman (CA), 1991. Daily Variety review of Three Sisters 9 January.
  • Mary Cogswell Baum (CA), 19??. Sierra Madre News review of Rosie Malek-Yonan in The Light in the Mill.
  • Frances Baum Nicholson (CA), 19??, Star News review of Rosie Malek-Yonan in The Light in the Mill.
  • Bruce Feld, 19??. Drama-Logue review of The Ties That Bind directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan.
  • Martin Hernandez (CA), 19??. LA Weekly review of The Ties That Bind directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan.
  • Bruce Feld (CA), 19??. Drama-Logue review of Service Please Hold directed by Rosie Malek-Yonan.

  • I may not have a country with boundaries, but my country is in me. My country is in my soul and in my heart. I am ASSYRIA. ~The Crimson Field
  • Iraq's liberation became the oppression of Assyrians. ~2006 Congressional Testimony[14]
  • I am an Assyrian. That is not negotiable. ~ The Crimson Field

  1. ^ http://rosiemalek-yonan.com/familytree.html
  2. ^ http://rosiemalek-yonan.com/georgemalek-yona.html
  3. ^ http://www.rosiemalek-yonan.com/lidamalek-yonan.html
  4. ^ http://www.christiansofiraq.com/TreatiesfredJune166.html
  5. ^ http://www.assyrianlevies.com/index.html
  6. ^ http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/archives/hearings.htm
  7. ^ http://www.thecrimsonfield.com/congressionalhea.html
  8. ^ http://www.thecrimsonfield.com
  9. ^ http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=NJ04&site=ctc&address=&city=&state=NJ&zipcode=&plusfour=
  10. ^ http://www.aina.org/news/20070612131549.htm
  11. ^ http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa28430.000/hfa28430_0f.htm
  12. ^ http://www.thecrimsonfield.com/home.html
  13. ^ http://www.makemag.com/content/category/4/28/47/
  14. ^ http://www.thecrimsonfield.com/congressionalhea.html

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