The angels are overcome with sorrow And cannot bear to see the innocent’s plight Silence is pierced by grief of those left behind In all of history, this must be the darkest night The desert looks at itself in shock Innocent blood and tears are soaked in its sands By murdering the family of […]
As the midday sun beats down on the hard dusty streets of Najaf, we gather at post No.1 for group selfies. Another 1451 posts, each 50 meters apart, map our journey along the Najaf-Karbala road. Our small group is joining the annual Arba’een walk to Karbala in Iraq and it will take three days to […]
