Juliana Jendo | |
Birth Date: | November 30, 1956 |
Birth Place: | Tel Tamer, Assyria |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Juliana Jendo |
Genre: | Assyrian music, Pop, Folk pop, World music, Dance, Folk dance. |
Occupation: | Singer and actress |
Instrument: | vocals |
Years Active: | 1986–present |
Juliana Jendo (born November 30, 1956, in Tel Tamer, Assyria, Syriac: ܓܘܠܝܢܐ ܓܢܕܐ) is a Syrian Assyrian singer and actress who, unlike many other Assyrian Neo-Aramaic-speaking artists, has occasionally recorded songs in Turoyo, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic and as well as in Arabic.[1] She has mostly recorded folk dance music.
Born in Tel Tamer, Syria, she studied French literature at a university there. In 1980, she and her family immigrated to the United States. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Furthermore, she is on honorary chairwoman of the organization Nasraya Ad Dema that she founded.