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Ashora’a Al-Hussain

iraq pictures — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:47:23 +0000

Ashora’a Al-Hussain , the 10th day of Muharram ( ) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year , Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram from year to year moveing when compared with the Gregorian calendar.
Ashura , which literally means the “Tenth” in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. It is well-known because of historical significance and mourning for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad.

Shias start the mourning from the 1st night of Muharram and continue for two months and eight days. However the last days are the most important since these were the days where Hussein and his family and followers (consisting of 72 people, including women, children and aged people – Ahl al-Bayt) were killed by army of ( Yazid ) at the Battle of Karbala (al-taff) on his orders.
Surviving members of the family of Hussein and that of his followers were taken captive and marched to Damascus and imprisoned there.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
F\2.8
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by: jawad alyasiri

Abd al-Karim Qasim

iraq pictures — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:10:04 +0000

A person holds up a graphic of Abd al-Karim Qasim, a nationalist Iraqi Military general who overthrew the actual monarchy and also seized power in a 1958 coup d’etat, throughout a celebration to mark the actual revolution’s anniversary at Tahrir sq . in central Baghdad July 14, 2011. Qasim ruled the nation as Prime Minister of Iraq until his downfall and death in 1963.
from 1958 to 1963 it was the gold time and best time ever in iraqis modern history. Abd al-Karim Qasim revolution 1958 in remembrance .

photo by Mohammed Ameen

Al-Shah Bender Coffeehouse

iraq pictures — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:55:12 +0000

Al-Shah Bender Coffeehouse

JULY 22 2011:

People today enjoy a day at the Al-Shah Bender Coffeehouse, among the oldest tea shops in the baghdad July 21, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. Positioned in the book market, the Al-Shah Bender is really a legendary gathering place for Iraqi artists plus writers in which the walls a lined with black & white photos celebrating Iraqi history. Since the deadline for the departure with the outstanding American forces in Iraq methods, Iraqi people in politics are already increasingly pressured to provide any decision about giving the mandate for any small U. S. army existence beyond the end of the 2011 deadline.

Photo by Spencer Platt

Al-Rasheed hotel

iraq pictures — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:02:07 +0000

An image shows a general look at of the renowned Al-Rasheed hotel, the only real luxury commercial lodging near the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone, just before it’s reopening ceremony in Baghdad on July 17, 2011.

And is also Al-Rasheed hotel, one of the largest and most beautiful hotel in Baghdad, Iraq

photo by ali al saadi , AF

Imam Abbas Shrine

iraq pictures — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:50:36 +0000

Shi’ite Muslims visit (go to ) Imam Abbas Shrine in the Sha’abaniya pilgrimage in Kerbala, 90 km (57 miles) southwest of Baghdad This summer, 2011. Sha’abaniya is really a ritual marking the birth of Imam ( al-Mehdi ), a adored figure in Shi’ite Islam. Image taken July 17, 2011.

A traditional coffee seller

iraq pictures — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:39:38 +0000

JULY 14: in a park A traditional coffee seller waits for customers in Baghdad, Iraq. Since the deadline for the leaving of the remaining American forces inside Iraq methods, politicians have decided to meet in fourteen days time in order to give a final choice about increasing the U. S. troops’ existence beyond the end of the 2011 contract. Violence against foreign troops has picked-up with June becoming the worst month in combat-related fatalities for the military inside Iraq in more than 2 yrs. Currently about 46, 500 US members of the military remain in Iraq.

Bulbul Iraqi

iraq pictures — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:08:53 +0000

Bulbul Iraqi
Bulbul bird Iraqi spread in most parts of Iraq, and specifically on the palm and fig trees and pomegranates, tending to some Iraqi families in their homes, the most beautiful birds of Iraq, has voted very, very beautiful song

This ( Bulbul Iraqi ) from Baghdad

Faces of Iraq

iraq pictures — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:32:26 +0000

girls from Iraq kerbala city , south of Iraq 120 km , ” Faces of Iraq” the photograph call it , and i think all words its not Enough for this pictures

this photo in Christmas Day , by Russell Klika in 2006

iraqi children

iraq pictures — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:09:18 +0000

Iraqi children Wearing Classical Baghdadian Costume
This outfit worn by adults and young in the days of holiday or other events,
Beautiful costume and wore in the old neighborhoods of Baghdad until now

photo by iraqiyapeaceful

Baghdad will not be Kandahar

iraq pictures — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:33:14 +0000

This Images Took 4 days ago An Iraqi man holds a sign reading in Arabic ‘Baghdad will not be Kandahar’ as he usually takes part in a protest organized simply by poets and intellectuals in Al-Mutanabi Street against the closure of social clubs where alcohol is served And cancel the Babylon International Festival,
Where the singing and dancing is haram “forbidden”
Islamist hardliners in the Iraqi government
Baghdad on December 3, 2010.