J.B. Russell
Projects: Four Fingers in Iraq: Regime Change
Regime Change, May 2003
Shiite Muslims singing and beating their chests in Shiite tradition as they make their way through the streets of the sacred city of Najaf to the al-Ali Mosque, one of the holiest shrines for Shiite Muslims. Many Shiite religious gestures and rites were forbidden under Saddam Hussein’s Sunni dominated regime.
Najaf, Iraq.
Photo © J.B. Russell
Shiite Muslims singing and beating their chests in Shiite tradition as they make their way through the streets of the sacred city of Najaf to the al-Ali Mosque, one of the holiest shrines for Shiite Muslims. Many Shiite religious gestures and rites were forbidden under Saddam Hussein’s Sunni dominated regime.
Najaf, Iraq.
Photo © J.B. Russell
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