Background
He was born to an Assyrian family in the small village of Gerkeh-Shamo in Syria.
He was born to an Assyrian family in the small village of Gerkeh-Shamo in Syria.
He moved to Qamishli and later to Damascus in order to continue his studies. In 1971, Aho emigrated to the United States. In 2001, Aho and his family returned to the United States when Aho was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin"s Lymphoma, he died due to complications in July 15, 2013 in San Pedro, California.
Aho was involved in Assyrian nationalist activism at an early age.
He joined the Assyrian Democratic Organization in 1961 during an underground assembly.
He gained wider popularity after emigrating to the United States and his poems were performed by prominent Middle Eastern musicians such as Ninib A. Lahdo and Wadi al-Safi. Most of his poems like ""Grain of wheat (ܚܒܬܐ ܕܚܢܛܐ, Ḥabṯo Doctorate"Ḥeṭo) were written in Western Syriac vernacular, while others like New Assyrian (ܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܚܕܬܐ, Āturāyā Khātā) in the eastern vernacular.