Tasu'a is known as the day of loyalty and resistance, which was devoted to Abbas Ibn Ali, Imam Hussein's half-brother, in deference to his sacrifices in the battle of Karbala. Tasu’a is the ninth day ...

The elegies for Abbas ibn Ali (AS) are among the most poignant, each drop of mournful verse falling like tears on the desert of Karbala. Overflowing with sorrow, yearning, and regret, these ...

Ali Abbas was 12 when the invasion of Iraq started 20 years ago. Days later a US missile hit his home and changed his life forever as he lost both his arms along with most of his family.