In an interview with Assyrian National Broadcasting, Maqdasy reflected on his childhood in more detail, saying: "We were happy and content with what we had, much more than the complicated life children are leading nowadays.

[citation needed] Maqdasy says he pursued a career in politics to be an advocate for the Assyrian people, who had suffered from neglect and marginalization since the early 20th century.

He stated he believes the national identity and ethnic rights of Assyrians have been denied in Iraq, despite the fact that they are the indigenous people of the land.

He, alongside other members who left, formed the Sons of Mesopotamia (Abnaa Al-Nahrain), and was elected to serve in the Kurdish parliament in 2013 representing the new party.

[2] He had received the most votes under his list in the elections, and was the only seat for the new party alongside ADM and the Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council.

[12] Maqdasy would show support for ethnic coexistence and genocide prevention abroad as well, including a visit to Armenia in 2016 as a representative of the KRG.

[13] In 2018, after ISIS had been defeated, Maqdasy expressed dissatisfaction over the roles of the Peshmerga and Popular Mobilization Forces in the Nineveh Plains, and preventing demographic returns after the violence had ended.