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...ancient as Herodotus' Histories, the waters of the Aras River today trace the Turkish-Armenian border, a messy, 20th century creation of broken bridges and shuttered rail tracks. In the shadow of snow-topped Mount Ararat, the river divides the villages of Halikisla, on the Turkish side, and Bagaran, on the Armenian. Once united, the villages are now separated by a stretch of water little wider than a double bed. Residents never meet, except to cast for trout under the watchful gaze of military guards, or to return an errant...
...answer, the trauma of denial that I had been raised with would be transferred to him," says Egoyan. "I understood that I wanted to talk about how this trauma lives on today." So Egoyan decided to make a movie - and cast in the title role a potent symbol: Ararat. Physically, Mount Ararat is located in western Turkey. Symbolically, the twin-peaked mountain dominates the geography of the Armenian soul. It represents eternal Armenia - its history, political identity and religious traditions dating back to the biblical Flood. Egoyan, 43, who was born in Cairo to Armenian parents, says "the film...
...director whose earlier films - Felicia's Journey, The Sweet Hereafter and Exotica - dealt with more abstract obsessions, Ararat is both personal and political. It premiered last September in Yerevan, Armenia's capital, and was enthusiastically received. The film has not yet been screened in Turkey. But with its scattered releases across Europe, Ararat is enabling a wider audience to explore a trauma that lives on today...
Suhayda, a water-resources expert at Louisiana State University, is the kind of guy who could have given Noah a computer model of all 40 days and 40 nights of rain, including the Ark's soft landing on Mount Ararat. So it is real cause for concern that he has joined the chorus of scientists and environmentalists who are saying that the watery threat to New Orleans is extreme--that in the worst-case scenario, in fact, there might not be a city of New Orleans left standing by the end of the century...
...alcohol easily exceeded the state limit, and who is two years short of the legal drinking age of 21, was released on her own recognizance and is now recovering at home in Simsbury, Conn. from a concussion and scalp cut. Also injured in the crash was fellow Ukrainian skater Ararat Zakarian, 30, who suffered a broken finger. The two were returning to Baiul's home after watching an ice pageant Saturday evening in Hartford. In a statement released Tuesday, the skater asked friends and fans for their understanding and apologized "for the mistake I made and the circumstances surrounding...