Marking the culmination of 10 days of mourning, Ashura is observed across the country with solemnity every year to pay homage to Imam Hussain and other martyrs of Karbala. Processions with elaborate ...

Emiratis are creating a lasting impact in emerging technology for future generations. In a world where some jurisdictions openly pursue crypto founders for self-serving political gain, the ambitious ...

Dubai: The Majlis is one of the cornerstones of Emirati civilisation. For decades, friends, neighbours and families would gather in a Majlis during sunset. Meaning 'place of sitting' in Arabic, the ...

Lucknow's Muharram transcends religious boundaries, weaving Shia mourning rituals into the city's cultural fabric. Centuries of nawabi patronage and Sufi traditions have shaped unique practices, from ...

The Lucknow district administration and Shia clerics have reached a consensus on letting the faithful keep tazias (a replica of the coffin of Imam Hussain carried during Muharram procession to mourn ...

As part of a design exercise, MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network) has created three 3D-printed proposals for contemporary majlis, an Arabic architecture term that typically refers to the detached ...

LAHORE: The main Zuljanah procession of the city commenced from Nisar Haveli late on Friday, following a Majlis, and is set to travel its traditional route, culminating at Karbala Gamay Shah at Bhati ...

In 2011 Athar saab, as people fondly him, entered the Limca Book of Records for reciting the highest number of majlis at a particular venue in the world. He is known for imparting Muharrum sermons for ...

Classical singer Sunita Jhingran Sharma worships God in her own unique way. The 56-year-old Hussaini Brahmin pays obeisance to the idols and photographs of Hanuman, Shiva-Parvati and other Hindu gods ...