ceremony during the month of Muharram at which Hussain was commemorated and lamented. These ceremonies were the occasion of socialization into a circle in which militia recruitment was not a deliberate effort by Iranian state and the revolutionary guard
Circling around the really Real in Iran
Ethnography of Muharram laments among Shi'i volunteer militants in the Middle East
Younes Saramifar
‘Abd al-Raḥīm Kamāl’s Dahsha
An Upper Egyptian Lear
Noha Mohamad Mohamad Ibraheem
), were themselves ‘perplexed’ by Kamāl’s complex characters, gloomy atmosphere and tragic ending. Renowned scriptwriter and critic Musṭafa Muḥarram railed in a lengthy critique: The makers of Dahsha must bear in mind that Tragedy and Melodrama differ
From the Throes of Anguished Mourning
Shi‘i Ritual Lamentation and the Pious Publics of Lebanon
Fouad Gehad Marei
Shi'i Identities through Muharram Rituals in Mumbai .” Diversities 14 ( 2 ): 103 – 117 . https://newdiversities.mmg.mpg.de/?page_id=2015 Mittermaier , Amira . 2012 . “ Dreams from Elsewhere: Muslim Subjectivities beyond the Trope of Self
Kinship among the Ġorbat of Babol
How an Anthropology of Childhood Reveals Kinship Structure
Mitra Asfari
, men stay in the residential neighbourhood, gamble or sell drugs. 4 Some periods of the year, for example Nowrouz or Muharram, all Ġorbat families go back to Babol and organise collective ceremonies. They also gather in Babol for individual funerals
In Anthropology of the Middle East
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- 01 Dec 2017
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- Research Article
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- 46–59
Nourrir les vivants par la grâce des saints
La nourriture et le sacré dans le chiisme iranien
Sepideh Parsapajouh
leurs enfants, petits-enfants et compagnons ( Soroushfar 2020 ) : anniversaires de morts et de naissances, épisodes liés aux quatre mois sacrés de muharram , safar , rajab et sha'ban , le jour de la première révélation du Prophète, les nuits de la
In Anthropology of the Middle East
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- 01 Dec 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 72–90
“Going vertical” in times of insecurity
Constructing proximity and distance through a Kenyan gated high-rise
Zoë Goodman
the coast, debating the Islamic foundations—or their lack—of practices such as Muharram commemorations or the celebration of the Prophet's birthday ( Kresse 2007 ). As observed among Muslim communities around the world (e.g., Osella and Osella 2013