UNEMBEDDED
Kael Alford: The Name of Hussein
The Name of Hussein, SADR CITY, BAGHDAD - 09/07/04
Women walk past the name of Imam Hussein, the son of Imam Ali, founder
of Shia Islam, scrawled on a wall. Under Saddam Hussein, such a statement of Shiite faith and solidarity would have been viewed as a threat to the unity of the state. Since the U.S. invasion, Sadr City has become an open book of religious and political graffiti.
Women walk past the name of Imam Hussein, the son of Imam Ali, founder
of Shia Islam, scrawled on a wall. Under Saddam Hussein, such a statement of Shiite faith and solidarity would have been viewed as a threat to the unity of the state. Since the U.S. invasion, Sadr City has become an open book of religious and political graffiti.
Images © 2005 by author. Portfolio design by Neon Sky.