r/Assyria

Link to download and view it in full quality: https://imgur.com/gallery/map-of-majority-christian-ezidi-settlements-ninewa-duhok-provinces-XIe6wXC

So I was watching one of Abraham Giliana's tutorials on how to write the East Syriac script and I noticed that he writes the letter "Alap" like in the image attached. Is this how it's normally written?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ5OGCq9JoY