Nuri Kino

Nuri Kino (Syriac: ܢܘܪܝ ܟܝܢܘ) (born February 25, 1965 in Midyat, in southeast Turkey) is an Assyrian-Swedish freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Biography

Nuri Kino moved with his family to Germany when he was about four and eventually settled in Sweden with his parents, younger sister and two younger brothers. For many years he moved from job to job working at various times as a caretaker, teacher, interpreter, bartender, medical secretary, and pizza maker. In 1994, he owned a restaurant named "Den Galne Kocken" rated as Stockholm's most popular according to Aftonbladet.

Awards and nominations

2010

• Swedish winner of the prestigious European Parliament's Journalist Prize 2010. Kinos sixth nomination for Guldspaden.

2009

• One of hundred Swedish inspirators, awarded by Leva Magazine^{[citation needed]}

2008

• Ikaros Prize for Best Public Service Radio program by Swedish Radio

2007

• Blatte de Luxe Award for Journalism
• Men with Style^{[citation needed]}

2006

• Suryoyo of the Year by Huyodo Magazine^{[citation needed]}
• Journalist of the Year by Qenneshrin and Suroyo TV a Syriac newspaper and satellite television
• Blatte de Luxe Award for Journalism
• Assyrian of the Year by Zinda Magazine
• Assyrian of the Year by the Assyrian Youth Federation of Sweden
• The Golden Palm Award at Beverly Hills Film Festival

2004

• Nominated for Guldspaden for a joint effort with Bo-Göran Bodin and Margita Boström for a Swedish radio report
• Ikaros Prize for Best Public Service Radio program by Swedish Radio
• Nominated for Best Radio News Piece of the Year by the Swedish National Radio Academy
• Awarded Det lite storre Journalistpriest for journalist students at Mitt University in Sundsvall, Sweden^{[citation needed]}

2003

• Awarded Guldspaden for a joint effort with Jenny Nordberg and Margita Boström for a Swedish Radio Report

2002

• Awarded Guldspaden for journalism
• Nominated for Save the Children Prize for journalists

2000

• Awarded Guldspaden for a joint effort with Wolfgang Hansson

Documentary films

With Nuri Kino producer or co-producer:

• The Cry Unheard a 2001 documentary film about the Assyrian Genocide or Seyfo in Turkey during 1914-1918.

• Assyriska: A National Team Without a Nation (2005), a five-part sports documentary film chronicling the Swedish Premier League Soccer Team Assyriska. The series was co-produced and co-directed by Nuri Kino and Erik Sandberg and executive produced by Laika Film & Television AB for Sveriges Television. In April 2006, Part 3 of this documentary won the Golden Palm Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. BHFF was an obvious choice, since the five-part documentary film had previously been screened on Swedish Television, thus disqualifying it from many other festivals. (Summary: The team has no country to represent, nonetheless the Assyriska soccer team serves as a symbol of Assyrian identity. The fans tend to be a mixed bag from Assyrian suburban youth of Sweden which has a large and strong immigrant populations, to monks from Southeast Turkey and Assyrian kids in Iran. This documentary series interweaves elements of love, conflict and growth in a story about a team attempting to become number one in the Swedish Top Division.)

Book review

Nuri Kino's review of Rosie Malek-Yonan's The Crimson Field, published September 2005.

Excerpt: To read The Crimson Field is to understand that the Assyrians were not merely guests in Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. The country of Bet-Nahrin in Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilization and the homeland of Assyrians. Through her characters Malek-Yonan gives us an open window into a past history most would prefer to remain unstirred. She allows the reader to see the scars of her nation that have yet to heal. The only way to understand Assyrians of today is to understand their past.

External links

• Nuri Kino official website and blog

Preceded by Sargon Dadesho

Zinda Magazine Assyrian of the Year 2006 (6755)

Succeeded by Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo