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    The view from my hotel room window. This colourful kaleidoscope you see are people sleeping, wrapped in blankets. They have nowhere else to sleep. Once again, the blankets they are wrapped in were given to them for free. I have no words to describe the generosity and the hospitability of these Iraqi people. On the top left, there is another group of people walking towards the shrine. by: sakinarawr Views[399] On the way, the pilgrims who are walking by foot to Karbala are being given free juice and shawarma. At the bottom right corner, notice that the man in a wheelchair is one of them. Taken from a moving bus. by: sakinarawr Views[375] 9 am. They have already started preparing for lunch. This isn't the only spot where they have huge pots for cooking. Pots like these are everywhere around the city. And this food is distributed among the people for free. It's distributed and given out and forced into peoples hands. I was so surprised that people were this generous in a poverty-stricken country like Iraq. by: sakinarawr Views[338] Taken from a moving bus. These are people walking from the city of Najaf to the city of Karbala. This journey, which by bus takes 2 hours, takes 3 days on foot. It's not that these people cannot afford to go by bus or car, it's that they choose not to. by: sakinarawr Views[831] A group of pilgrims, walking from Imam Al Hussain's shrine, to Imam Abbas's shrine. They recite eulogies and praises and move in a group, to pay their respects to their Imams. This is what all those 20 million people are in Karbala for, this is what those 20 million people would sacrifice their life for. by: sakinarawr Views[799]
     

    My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

    Friday, 15 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    These 5 photographs were taken in Karbala, Iraq, located about 100 km southwest of Baghdad, with an estimated population of 572,300 people. It is amongst the holiest cities for Shī‘ah Muslims and many visit Karbala for religious pilgrimage as Imam ... Read more >
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