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The organizing and preparatory committees, in cooperation with the Husseini bodies and processions and a number of institutions, are continuing their preparations to hold the first central Eid Al-Ghadeer Festival in Baghdad, which is scheduled to be held on 14-15…

Afghan media reported that dozens of people have died of cholera in Helmand and Zabul provinces in southern Afghanistan. The sources said that “at least 40 people died of cholera in Helmand and Zabul provinces in southern Afghanistan,” adding that…

The Holy Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, will host various programs for a week in celebration of Eid al-Ghadir. According to the Holy Shrine, the cultural and art capacities of different countries will come together and be used…

Children and teenagers from five African countries took part in a Quran competition organized by Al-Abbas Holy Shrine. The event was attended by some 150 contenders from Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Tanzania, according to Al-Kafeel website. The Holy Shrine’s…

Kashmiri calligrapher Mustafa Ibni Jameel sets a new record as he wrote the Islamic holy book on a 500-meter-long scroll – a project that took him seven months. The 27-year-old penman revealed that it took him months to create the…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, in cooperation with the Shirazi Religious Authority institutions, distributed sacrificial meat to underprivileged Shia families in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, within its annual Sacrifice Project on Eid al-Adha. This blessed work comes…

A piece of the Kaaba Kiswa, measuring 285 x 92 cm, with the honorable verse 198 of Surat Al-Baqara embroidered on it , was put on display at the Saadabad Museum in Tehran. Another piece of the Kaaba’s Kiswa, measuring…

As Mosul marks five years since its liberation from ISIS occupation, children and youth are still struggling through a strained school system and difficulty in finding work in Iraq’s second biggest city. Thousands of students are studying in schools that…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development has contributed to helping a large number of poor and needy families in the holy city of Karbala, through its annual project (the Sacrifice Project), which is distributing sacrificial meat to the…

The area between the two Holy Shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother al-Abbas, or Bein al-Haramein, witnessed this morning the Eid al-Adha prayer.‏Crowds of believers arrived at the holy land to perform the congregational Eid prayer. The prayer was…