You guys may be sorry to know that you missed the festival of Ashoura over the weekend.
I don't know but this holiday just doesn't scream 'jolly' to me.
The faithful gather to beat themselves with swords to show their grief over the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein.
Not for nothin' but that's somewhere around 1400 years ago. I may not be a Shiite Muslim, but I think it's time to move on, although I wish I had the first aid concession in Basra.
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