Mandaean Australians

Mandaean Australians
Total population
	c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
	Sydney and other cities
Languages
	Mandaic, Arabic, Persian, English
Religion
	Mandaeism

Mandaean Australians are Australians of Mandaean descent or Mandaeans who have Australian citizenship.

Mandaeans have adapted to life in Australia very well, with the Mandaeans constructing Mandaean schools, allowing for the youth to learn Mandaic, a luxury almost never seen in past, Mandaeans also feel a large sense of community in Australia, with Western Sydney housing almost all Australian Mandaeans. With most Mandaeans knowing each other in one way or another, but Mandaeans have faced problems in Australia. Unlike there situation in Iraq, which saw the rise of Islamic extermism, in Australia there has been a rise of Christian extremists, whom use fake Mandaeans to portray Mandaeans incorrectly, and attempt to convert the Mandaean youth to Christanity, in attempt to ruin the relationship the Mandaeans and Christians cherish.

As of 2023, Australia has the largest Mandaean population in the world, followed by Sweden (which has the largest Mandaean population in Europe) and the United States.^[1]

Sydney metropolitan area

The Sydney metropolitan area in Australia has the largest Mandaean diaspora community in the world.^[2] The community is centered in Greater Western Sydney suburbs such as Fairfield, Liverpool,^[3] and Penrith.^[4] In Liverpool, the main mandi (Beth Manda) is Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.^[5] The Sabian Mandaean Association of Australia has purchased land by the banks of the Nepean River at Wallacia, New South Wales, where Wallacia Mandi is currently being built.^[6] Another mandi in Greater Sydney is Yahya Yuhana Mandi (or Mandi Yehya Youhanna), located in Prestons.^[7]

Associations

The Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia is the largest Mandaean association in Australia.^[8] Religious affairs are managed by the Mandaean Synod of Australia.^[9]

Notable people

Salah Choheili (born 1952 in Iran), the current Rishama and head priest of Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales^[10]
Brikha Nasoraia (born 1964 in Iraq), Rishama, professor, and President of the International Mandaean Nasoraean Supreme Council and Nasoraean Mandaean Association^[11]
Khaldoon Majid Abdullah (born 1963 in Iraq), the head priest of Mandi Yehya Youhanna in Prestons, New South Wales
Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki, a Mandaean living in Australia who has digitised many Mandaean texts using typesetted Mandaic script^[12]
Yuhana Nashmi, artist, photographer, writer, and archivist^[13]
Peyam Jizan (born 1978 in Iran), a tarmida in Sydney^[14]^[15]
Sahi Bashikh, a tarmida in Sydney
Thamir Shamkhi, a tarmida in Sydney
Asaad Othmani, a tarmida in Sydney
Waleed Khashan (born 1963 in Iran; Persian: Waleed Ebadeh Farzadeh; Arabic: Waleed Abdul Razzaq), a tarmida in Sydney^[16]^[17]
Carlos Gelbert (born 1948 in Basra, Iraq), a writer, novelist, and translator in Sydney

References

^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023). 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2. ISSN 1935-441X.
^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^ Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia.
^ Smith, David Maurice (30 July 2015). "An Ancient Baptism in Sydney". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Liverpool, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ "Mandaean Synod of Australia". Welcome to the Mandaean Synod of Australia. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia.
^ Mandaean Synod of Australia.
^ "Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 1". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ Nasoraia, Brikha (2022). The Mandaean Rivers Scroll (Diwan Nahrawatha): an analysis. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-33544-1. OCLC 1295213206.
^ Mandaean Network.
^ "Art Studio Yuhana Nashmi Storytelling through Art". Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ "Tarmida Peyam Jizan, July 2016, Chapter 1". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "PJ Chapter 1 V2". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "Tarmida Waleed Khashan: March 2014". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "Tarmida Waleed Khashan". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

External links

[Buckley_2023-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023). 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2. ISSN 1935-441X.

[Buckley2010-2] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[3] Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia.

[4] Smith, David Maurice (30 July 2015). "An Ancient Baptism in Sydney". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[5] Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Liverpool, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[6] "Mandaean Synod of Australia". Welcome to the Mandaean Synod of Australia. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[7] Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[8] Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia.

[9] Mandaean Synod of Australia.

[10] "Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 1". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[11] Nasoraia, Brikha (2022). The Mandaean Rivers Scroll (Diwan Nahrawatha): an analysis. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-367-33544-1. OCLC 1295213206.

[12] Mandaean Network.

[13] "Art Studio Yuhana Nashmi Storytelling through Art". Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[14] "Tarmida Peyam Jizan, July 2016, Chapter 1". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[15] "PJ Chapter 1 V2". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[16] "Tarmida Waleed Khashan: March 2014". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[17] "Tarmida Waleed Khashan". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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Sydney metropolitan area

Associations

Notable people

See also

References

External links