Iraq: The Walk to Karbala  · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

Laith walks for 67 miles from Baghdad to Karbala to mark the 40th day anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680. “The journey of Karbala approved that Iraqis can be only one nation although some strangers tried to tear the unity of Iraq,” he notes.