Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Iraq

Shiite Muslim men pray inside of the Imam Hussein holy shrine at night in Karbala, Iraq. The red light in the shrine represents the blood of Imam Hussein. For the first time on Tuesday March 2, Shiite Muslims in Iraq will be able to gather at the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the Ashoura mourning the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein. March 2004.
Shiite Muslim men pray inside of the Imam Hussein holy shrine at night in Karbala, Iraq. The red light in the shrine represents the blood of Imam Hussein. For the first time on Tuesday March 2, Shiite Muslims in Iraq will be able to gather at the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the Ashoura mourning the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein. March 2004.