In a unique workshop at Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, northeast Iran, around 500 thousand prayer turbahs are produced and repaired each year. These turbahs are mostly made from the soil of Karbala.
Between 10 in the morning and 2:00 am the next day, he toils at a shawarma shop in the holy city of Karbala, where millions of Shiite pilgrims congregate every year. "My greatest fear is to be ...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, gave an order on Sunday to start operating the Karbala oil refinery at the beginning of 2025. Al-Sudani made the ...
took him to centuries-old markets in Baghdad and holy Shia shrines in Karbala, an hour south. “I’m always drawn to off-the-beat destinations, especially ones the US State Department advises ...