Title : Az-Zahra
Kunyat : Umm-ul-Aimma
Born : Friday 20th of Jamadi-ul-Akhar in Mecca
Father’s Name : Holy Prophet Muhammad Ibn-e-Abdulla (S.A.W.)
Mother’s Name : Khadija bint-e-Khuwailid
Martyred : 13th Jamadi-ul-Awwal or 3rd Jamadi-ul-Akhir 11Hijrah at Medina at the age of 18 years (due to injury inflicted upon her through force of a falling door by a hypocrite).
Buried :The cemetery [...]

Moharam a Shia Protest Against Terrorism -
Originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1

a picture
spiritually panned
a soul
karbala
bleeding sand
ya hussain
ya hussain
the chest
the beating
withstand
an imam
who lives
in every land
each moharam
our protest
against terrorism
called yazidiyat
our solemn stand
he gave his head
but not his hand
we bleed
we scourge
we flagellate
we cut our heads
unplanned
they call us heretics
they call us kafirs
the so called
khalnayaks
lovers of yazid
a thought
the west wont [...]

Marziya Shakir and the Shia Pandit

Originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1

Picture was shot by my wife..
This is Marziya
six and half month old
on my karmic consciousness
she lays her hold
a new born shakir
brave and bold
one day she too
will shoot what I shoot
a branch of a tree
you cant uproot
this sprouting [...]

Alam Abbas

Originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1

ek naya paigham
ek nayi roshni
hamare dil me le aya
abbas ka saya
jo chaha
hamne
hardam paya
mashke sakina
ghame hussain
karbala
ashura
apne sat le aaya
hussainiyat ke nam ka
pharera lahraya
lanat dushmane ahle bayt par
lanat yazid mauwiyah par
yeh waqt ne kahlaya
azadari e [...]

Arambagh the Shia Khoja Cemetery

Originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1

These are pictures that I shot on negatives several months back during Moharam this year , a segment called Ag Ka Matam that took place at the Khoja Shia cemetery called Arambagh at Mazgaon Mumbai.
The Shia Khojas are very particular , and take care to see [...]