Excerpt from the Detroit Free Press article from Niraj Warikoo.
“Sterling Heights will become a “sister city” with an Iraqi town that is about 90% Chaldean, an ethnic group that has a sizable presence in the Macomb County city. The partnership illustrates how Chaldeans, Iraqi Catholics, are working to preserve their heritage while helping grow a city that has the highest percentage of Iraqi Americans in Michigan.
The city council in Sterling Heights voted unanimously Tuesday to establish a sister city agreement with Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor and Ankawa Mayor Ramy Noori Syawish are to formalize the agreement with a ceremonial signing next month at the Chaldean Community Foundation in Sterling Heights.”
Read the full article here: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2024/08/23/sterling-heights-to-be-sister-city-with-chaldean-town-ankawa-in-iraq/74908311007/
