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Ararat is the name of the famous Armenian mountain which today belongs to Turkey. It became some sort of a border between Armenia and Turkey. Many lands were occupied by The Turks after the massacre of the Armenians in their homeland. Until today, I have not visited the town I come from, which is called Ourfa, since it is now found in Turkey.
This movie is directed by a very famous Armenian director, Atom Egoyan. This movie is about the Armenian genocide in 1915-1918/19. The success of this movie gave Egoyan major publicity. I like this movie a lot because it isn't just a normal movie to me, it's a movie I can relate to myself and my family, and basically how I ended up in the U.A.E.
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Cool post Talar,
ReplyDeleteIm glad you shared this with us, its so much easier to watch a movie to get a clearer idea of the message that is meant to be delivered.
Ill check it out.
Suzanne Darkan
I actually am interested in this entry a lot. It grabbed my attention right away. I've never heard of this movie before or the director, and your entry is definitely very informative, especially now that your town was once part of Armenia and is currently found in Turkey.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean when you say that you relate to it. I myself find it hard to imagine how my home town is like, and what kind of background I come from.
The previous comment was made by me Sarah Al Shaybani by the way. I forgot to add that :)
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ReplyDeleteWell Talar your post is very interesting because I suppose so much has already been done on the genocide but it is always fun to see how other directors or possibly even photographers can portray it differently
ReplyDeleteRawan Khatib
Thank you Talar for this entry ! I am really excited to know more about the movie. and to even know more about Armenia .
ReplyDeleteI am sure it is a hard feeling not to go to your town anymore!
I 'll be waiting :)
Azza