Thanks to sister Saarah Bokhari and Brother Ayaz Ali for the copy of the new Arbaeen photo book “ A lens into a Sacred Journey”
It’s an amazing collection of high-quality images in addition to lucid poetic words describing the walk of “Wilayah”
It gives us a glimpse of what the lovers of Imam Husein (as) ‘’experience’’ when they make the walk from the holy city of Najaf and to the holy city of Karbala.
This year, as many of us give this amazing walk of love a miss, maybe an opportunity to present this wonderful book to our loved ones to ensure the legacy of Imam Hussain (as) is not kept to us only, but universally disseminated as well.
Arbaeen: A Lens into a Sacred Journey documents this event, intertwined with poetic expression of the emotions a Zaa’ir may feel and observe throughout the various stages of visitation.
It follows the annual journey undertaken by millions of people as they walk eighty-kilometre from Najaf to Karbala and the final culmination of forty days of mourning.
The aspiration of documenting this journey is to enable further coverage of the annual phenomenon. Due to the scarcity of current reporting, this book is published with the hope that more photographers, journalists and authors will share their work and, in particular, provide more detailed accounts highlighting the experiences of the people of Iraq.
