Over 600 Foreign Journalists to Cover Arbaeen March in Iraq
Tawfiq al-Habali, director of Karbala Governorate’s media and communications department, said the journalists, photojournalists and camera crew will come to Iraq for the huge religious event from various Arab, Muslim and non-Muslim countries.
He said a media center equipped with high-speed Internet has been set up in the holy city of Karbala to host media persons from Iraq and other countries during the Arbaeen season.
Al-Habali noted that the center has various newsrooms for media outlets.
A comprehensive media plan has been devised for covering the Arbaeen pilgrimage that is hoped to convey the message of the Arbaeen and the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) to the world, he went on to say.
The Arbaeen mourning ceremony is one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.
It marks the 40th day after Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Imam Hussein (AS). This year’s Arbaeen will fall on September 6.
Each year, a huge crowd of Shias flock to Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located, to perform mourning rites.
The pilgrims, mainly from Iraq and Iran, travel long routes on foot to the holy city.
Earlier this month, Iraqi officials expressed their readiness to host up to five million pilgrims from foreign countries during the Arbaeen season.
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