Noor Matti

Noor Matti (Syriac: ܢܗܪܐ ܡܬܝ) (Arabic: نور متي) is an Assyrian American former radio and television host and charity worker.

After the establishment of Babylon FM in 2012, Matti began to host morning shows that reached Duhok, Sulaymaniyah and Mosul, totaling an audience as much as 15,000 daily.

Matti was also featured in Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy, where he discussed his move from Iraq and his role on Babylon FM in helping his community in the Kurdish region during the occupation of ISIS.

[6] [7] After the invasion of the Nineveh Governorate by the Islamic State in August 2014, Matti co-founded the Shlama Foundation, an NGO helping Assyrian communities throughout Iraq.

[8] His work through the foundation led to him be invited to present for the 2017 Raoul Follereau congress, as well as directly collaborate with the United States Agency for International Development.

[10] In 2024, Matti published an opinion article with an independent Assyrian-owned news outlet, discussing the threat of language shift that Assyrians student faced due to the privatization of education in Iraq.