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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

A unique handwritten Quran, penned by Arbaeen pilgrims, is on display at the Abbasid Shrine booth at the 32nd Tehran ...

The pilgrims were traveling through Iran to reach Iraq's Karbala to partake in the Arbaeen rituals, observed mostly by Shias. Millions of believers converge each year for the Arbaeen, regarded as ...

Pilgrims gather in Karbala, Iraq, in what’s regarded as ... The pilgrims had been on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen — Arabic for the number 40 — which marks the death of the ...