Islamic history - imam hussain videos/small

00:00Having left the ancient city of Babylon earlier today,

00:04we are continuing our adventure around Iraq and driving to the holy city of Karbala.

00:11Millions of Shia Muslims make their way to Karbala each year

00:15to pay their respects to the shrines of Imam Hussain and Abbas.

00:19We feel very lucky to be visiting Karbala a few days before Ashura,

00:24and while I myself am not Muslim, I respect all cultures and religions

00:29and I'm excited to visit this beautiful city.

00:34So guys, we are currently at the main checkpoint to Karbala,

00:38and just as we were going through, like all the other checkpoints have been fine so far,

00:41but they just said that women have to put on a headscarf just going into the city,

00:46so, well, going through the checkpoint from now on, I guess.

00:49So, here we go!

00:59As we are getting ready to go see the holy shrines of Karbala,

01:07I decided I should probably get changed, so I put on a longer skirt

01:11and just lik