A man puts his hand on this chest as he supports the kid sitting on his shoulders, during the Ashura procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut on July 17, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — This year, the thousands from the Shiite community who gathered in the southern suburbs of Beirut to commemorate Ashura marched under the photos of more than 300 Hezbollah members killed in the last nine months of the war with Israel.Falling on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, Ashura is a solemn event mourning the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. His death at the hands of Caliph Yazid’s army is seen as a symbol of the struggle against oppression and injustice.Ashura ceremonies in southern Lebanon were either canceled or kept small this year for security reasons, as Israeli drones, warplanes and artillery continue their attacks. From Karbala to PalestineClad in all black, with black sunglasses and a scarf over his head, a man from the Hamiyeh...
BEIRUT — This year, the thousands from the Shiite community who gathered in the southern suburbs of Beirut to commemorate Ashura marched under the photos of more than 300 Hezbollah members killed in the last nine months of the war with Israel.Falling on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, Ashura is a solemn event mourning the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. His death at the hands of Caliph Yazid’s army is seen as a symbol of the struggle against oppression and injustice.Ashura ceremonies in southern Lebanon were either canceled or kept small this year for security reasons, as Israeli drones, warplanes and artillery continue their attacks. From Karbala to PalestineClad in all black, with black sunglasses and a scarf over his head, a man from the...