At the top of a craggy mountain in the Altai range, a man raises his fist to reveal a golden eagle with a six-foot wingspan. The eagle spies its mark in the valley below and bolts into the air. Within seconds, the bird slams into its target, dust billowing.
Fazil Say, Turkey's most famous concert pianist, is no stranger to controversy. But he has rarely ruffled as many feathers as he did recently, when he launched into a searing attack on one of Turkey's most popular forms of music.
In July 2002, the works of Georgian director and writer Rezo Gabriadze made their New York debut at the Lincoln Center Festival, with rotating performances of The Battle of Stalingrad and Autumn of My Springtime, marionette works that sold out and earned rave reviews, becoming a kind of stealth sensation.
A lawsuit filed by the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America against the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles over a medieval manuscript has revived long-standing concerns within Armenia about the need to preserve the country’s cultural heritage.
WASHINGTON -- As the voices of 80 choral singers filled a Washington, D.C., church with music this past weekend, a master Georgian composer's spirit was raised in the most unlikely of circumstances.
For centuries, farmers in Georgia's highlands have relied on a particular breed, the Caucasian Sheep Dog, to care for their herds. But as farm life gives way to cities and factories, the country's dog lovers are conflicted on how best to preserve the breed.
Two years ago, hopes ran high that Georgia's once-celebrated film industry was finally on the cusp of a comeback. Now, with little sign of an economic upturn in sight, filmmakers tend to be pessimistic about the future. Many are hoping the beleaguered and distracted Georgian government will come to the rescue.
The pace of Kremmer's 408-page excursion is deliberately slow and its concerns peculiarly refined. As the title implies, the book blends coverage of refugees and militants in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and elsewhere with history and reportage about carpets.
The May 9 assassination of Moscow's puppet leader of Chechnya, Ahmed Kadyrov, underscores that Russia is today no closer to bringing stability to Chechnya than it was when the Russian military launched its first invasion of the territory in 1994. Indeed, a vicious cycle of savagery has taken hold in Chechnya that makes stability seem like a distant dream.
The origins of the new flag date back to the medieval times when a similar banner was used by a Georgian clan in what is now part of Turkey. Saakashvili adopted the five-cross flag for use by his political party, the National Movement. It thus became the symbol of resistance during the protests that followed the rigged parliamentary elections in November 2003.
