Winners of Arbaeen Int’l Photo Contest Announced
The competition was organized by the Astan (custodianship) of Imam Hussein’s (AS) holy shrine in cooperation with Iraq’s Photography Association and the International Union of Photographers.
The main objective of the competition was to introduce the Arbaeen pilgrimage to the world.
Hussein Dawoud from Egypt, Ibrahim Bahrami from Iran, Majdi Al Naser from Saudi Arabia, Hussein Bahrani from Oman and Hadi Salemi from Iraq formed the panel of judges of the competition.
As many as 3940 photos sent by 850 photographers from 48 countries to the secretariat of the competition were evaluated by the experts.
The selected photos and the names of the winners are available at www.step.imamhussain.org.
Arbaeen marks the 40th day after Ashura, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his faithful companions in the 680AD Battle of Karbala.
Each year, a huge crowd of Shias march toward Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located, to perform mourning rites.
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