![]() Tell us about it and what perspective Sim brought to the film as a non-Armenian. ![]() They are our living links on those lands.ĬA: In your journey to historic Western Armenia, you met Steven Sim, a solitary Scottish explorer who was documenting the hidden treasures of Armenian history. I tasted their hunger for their identity. What struck me the most is meeting people brave enough to share that they come from Armenians. Some blamed the Armenians or simply said the Armenians left. I was surprised to come across people, Turks and Kurds, who spoke honestly about the past, who needed to redeem themselves of the burden of wrongs of their forefathers. The challenge of uncovering a forbidden reality with harsh consequences led to an exhilarating discovery. I was simply documenting the stories of the structures and people on those lands and THEY, with their presence and stories established irrefutable proof of the Genocide. ![]() You’re certainly not allowed to shoot a film about it. You’re not allowed to talk about the Genocide in Turkey. ![]() Relics of our destroyed churches and monasteries and cemeteries and homes and schools stand stoically as if calling out, ‘I am still here.’ But, if they are there with no one to see them, touch them, recognize them as powerful living evidence of millennia-old Armenian civilization and then, annihilation, alas they are lost. I have realized that no matter how much Turkey tries to wipe out the vanishing traces of Historic Western Armenia, the landscape is full of evidence of our magnificent and tortured past. Give me a choice of anywhere on earth to travel, and I will choose Kharpert, Van, Mush, Erzerum, Dikranagerd, Kars, Bitlis, Ordu, Kesaria, Agn and everywhere in between, because with each trip – I’ve already been there four times – the pull, the connection, the need to dig deeper intensify. Some say they’ll never set foot on those lands, they won’t drop a penny into Turkey’s economy, but in my mind, abandoning all connection to the ancestral land and heritage we longingly, traumatically, angrily, proudly call ours, is in itself a surrender of, if not a death sentence to, our identity and continuum. To truly begin to understand the magnitude of what our grandparents, our forebears endured, to almost bring it back to life so that the suffocated, buried truths could emerge from beneath the soil of modern-day Turkey, I had to go. But not one that dissuaded me but rather one that drove me there. Knowing that I was going to come face-to-face with the descendants of people who murdered and in some cases, saved mine, and continue the intentional erasure of everything Armenian was a challenge. Tell us more about the journey, its challenges, and hidden truths. who shared her seven-year mission to uncover the hidden map of her past.ĬA: Your recent documentary The Hidden Map, tells the story of your Odyssey through the ancestral Armenian homeland with the mission to uncover the crumbled remnants and buried stories of the hidden past. In advance of the film’s premiere on NBCLX on April 23, 24, and 25, Creative Armenia chatted with Hovannisian. Filmmaker and broadcaster Ani Hovannisian, together with the Scottish explorer Steven Sim, follow that truth in her award-winning documentary The Hidden Map. Feel The HomeCentric as your home for dÃcor.While Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the lands of Western Armenia speak the truth in mysterious ways. Handcrafted by Indian artisans, our products exhibit fine finishing and style to meet all your expectations.Our services reach out from customization to endless effort from your first click to the day we deliver and even after that. Coveted by many, we offer a wide range of decorative cushion covers, euro shams, bed runners, table runners, duvet covers and even fabrics for your curtains and other home dÃcor products. The HomeCentric is the place where luxury is coated in comfort. Due to the difference in computer monitors, actual colors may slightly vary. We do not sell cushion inserts on our store. Decorative Throw Cushion Cover Details: Condition: 100% Brand New Dimension: 12 x 12 inch (30 x 30 cm) Fabric: Silk Material: Silk Color: Yellow Color Map: Yellow Pattern: Ombre Style: Modern Back of the Cover: Plain fabric with concealed flap covered zipper on the back for easy insertion and removal of inserts Note: This listing for decorative throw cushion cover does not include cushion or Inserts. A perfect item to decorate your living room, bedroom, office, couch, chair, sofa or bed. ![]() Yellow Comet is an exclusive 100% handmade decorative cushion cover designed and created with intrinsic detailing. ![]()
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