J.B. Russell

Projects: Four Fingers in Iraq: Regime Change

Shiite pilgrims pray at the al-Hussein mosque during the Shia mourning ceremony Arbayine. Long forbidden during Saddam’s oppressive regime, the religious ceremonies took place under heavy security despite violence and tensions in the region. Karbala, Iraq.Photo © J.B. Russell
Regime Change, April 2004
Shiite pilgrims pray at the al-Hussein mosque during the Shia mourning ceremony Arbayine. Long forbidden during Saddam’s oppressive regime, the religious ceremonies took place under heavy security despite violence and tensions in the region.
Karbala, Iraq.
Photo © J.B. Russell