Arbaeen: the world’s largest peaceful gathering where up to twenty-five million people reach the city of Karbala to mark the occasion. The event commemorates the fortieth day after the brutal martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the beloved grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

In 2019, we published the photo-book ‘Arbaeen: A Lens into a Sacred Journey’ which is a documentation of this visitation. This book provides an insight into the annual journey undertaken by millions, from Najaf, throughout the eighty-kilometre walk into Karbala, and the final culmination of forty days of mourning: Arbaeen.