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9/6/2023 5:22:08 PM
Millions of Shia Muslim pilgrims massed at the golden-domed mausoleums of the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday, commemorating Arbaeen, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.
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9/17/2022 8:19:30 PM
Dressed in black, 21 million pilgrims from around the world massed in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Arbaeen commemoration, against the backdrop of a political crisis.
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8/22/2022 11:01:13 AM
Two bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq's Karbala province after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the overall toll to seven dead, rescue services said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/21/2022 8:01:29 PM
Egypt has extended condolences to Iraq and the families of the victims of a landslide that hit a shrine in the central city of Karbala on Saturday, killing and injuring a number of people.
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Region
8/21/2022 12:53:25 PM
Iraqi rescue workers were Sunday battling to free at least six pilgrims trapped under rubble after a landslide hit a Shia Muslim shrine in the central province of Karbala.
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8/9/2022 10:44:35 AM
Shia Muslims in Iraq and Lebanon chanted, paraded and beat their chests on Tuesday as they marked Ashoura, one of the most important dates on the religious calendar, commemorating the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein.
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Opinion
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10/6/2021 4:57:37 PM
The countdown to the early legislative elections in Iraq, scheduled for 10 October, began with the participation of the majority of parties and nationalities across the country. All of them target a majority of seats to form a government alone, which is difficult in the outcome of what the national consensus has decided since the 2005 constitution on the division of the three presidencies.
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8/19/2021 2:51:37 PM
'We're not bothering with masks, because our faith in Imam Hussein protects us from everything,' said the pilgrim, who gave his name only as Dholam
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World
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Region
8/11/2021 12:59:06 PM
Security camera footage posted on social media showed an attacker, dressed in a traditional white robe, open fire in the street and Salim fall to the ground
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Region
5/25/2021 8:09:11 PM
Many in the crowds travelled from the southern cities of Karbala, Najaf and Nassiriya, where several of the killings occurred
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5/10/2021 1:24:29 PM
'Iran strongly condemns attacks on its diplomatic sites in Iraq,' said Khatibzadeh in a weekly briefing in Tehran
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5/9/2021 9:01:44 PM
Ihab al-Wazni, a coordinator of protests in the Shia shrine city of Karbala, was a vocal opponent of corruption, the stranglehold of Tehran-linked armed groups and Iran's influence in Iraq
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Region
5/9/2021 2:42:52 PM
Ihab al-Wazni, a coordinator of protests in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, was a vocal opponent of corruption, the stranglehold of Tehran-linked armed groups and Iran's influence in Iraq
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World
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Region
10/6/2020 10:23:37 PM
The violence was sparked when a group of pilgrims from other parts of southern Iraq entered the visitation area separating the Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas shrines
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11/6/2019 12:00:20 PM
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10/29/2019 10:49:07 AM
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10/19/2019 2:02:34 PM
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Books
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7/6/2019 3:11:57 PM
This history book covers ten bloody incidents, whether individual killings or massacres, spanning a period from the eighth to the 14th century. It opens with the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohamed’s grandson
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World
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Region
9/7/2018 7:38:03 PM
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Heritage
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Walks
8/21/2018 4:27:52 PM
Dina Ezzat and photographer Sherif Sonbol explore 1,000 years of Al-Qahira's Islamic history
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