We Live Through Hussain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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year after year
an unbroken chain
kept alive by
the chant of hussain
ashura
karbala
two sides of our pain
embedded in our heart
and our brain
shiasm a statement
against yazidiyat
jehaddi terrorism
by handful insane
who pretend to be muslims
enemies of islam
anti islamic [...]

Our Bleeding Hurts Them More Than it Hurts Us, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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suicide bombers
killing innocent people
they do not see
people dying
on the road helplessly
they who have blinkers
cannot see
decapitated journalists
drugs for arms
the code of silence
of the misplaced
martyred jehaddi
yet our bleeding for hussain
hurts them [...]

Chup Tazia in Lucknow, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Most of the pictures in my set Scanned Memories at my Flickr Photostream, are pictures I shot from 2002 mostly on slides and Ilford Delta 100 BW film .
I shot color rolls too Kodak and Fuji.
The pictures I shot on slides I mounted for sending them [...]

Shimr -The Yazidi Terrorist, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

follower of
yazidiyat
shimr
yazidi terrorist
shimr
and yazid
perished
but 1400 year
hussain
in the heart of his shias
does exist
with his life
the life of his loved ones
forces of evil
on the soul of Islam
he did resist

The Razors Edge, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

as it cuts through the childs head
ghame hussain
on the soul of his
consciousness
it does embed
faith flowing
all red
from the cradle to his grave
even after he his dead
on embers of burning coal
his soul has learnt to tread

Shiasm - Eloquence at its Peak, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

shia children are unique
their faith intact
ghame hussain
is what they seek
truth is what is they learn
truth is what they speak
hussain is humanity
hussain is humility
so to speak
giving strength and hope
to the world’s impoverished
disfranchised and the weak
shiasm [...]

Taboot of Imam Hussain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

from wikipedia
Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (حسين بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب)‎ (third of Shaban 4 AH / 8th January 626 AD, at Medina - tenth of Muharram 61 AH / 10th October 680 AD, at Karbala) was the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad [...]

BLOOD OATH, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

beneath the layer of our blood
which breaks the dam with force
karbala the land of a million tears
its source
through various countries
various shores
into the hearts of shias
an ocean of hussainiyat
its course
each year a blood oath
we reinforce
breaking open
a million [...]

The Muslim Woman, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

the muslim woman by
the male dominated muslim macho society
is kept at an arms length
the muslim woman
quiet reticent brave and strong
our community’s strength

Ya Hussain Ya Hussain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

as the suicide bombers
kill -without mercy
the human soul goes numb
the rest of humanity
under their thumb
we face them
with rectitude
we wont succumb
from here to eternity
to kingdom come
hidden in veil
womanly scum
yazidiyat
you cannot escape from..
1400 year protest
that we call [...]

Alam Ke Saye Mein, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

hussainiyat
ubhar ati hai
kamazani
zanjirzani
aur blade se kati
hu hamari chati hai
moharam mein
imam hussain
hazrat abbas
bibi zainab
ke sath
bibi fatima nazar ati hain
unke ansoo se
hame shifa
pahunchati hai

Shah Ast Hussain Badshah Ast Hussain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

within the layers of our blood
lies the history of our pain
a single chant
on the sands of karbala
ya hussain
ya hussain
even after our death
through our unborn children
will remain
1400 year
protest against
jehaddi terrorism
yazidiyat
a poison
against islam
it [...]

Idd Mubarak, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Picture shot by Mr PK Bhatia
I start a new set at my Flickr photostream.. of pictures shot of the Idd Namaz at Bandra Station Mosque..
But before that I wish all my Muslim brethren a Very Happy Idd Ul Fitr and my Hindu friends and well wishers Very [...]

House Majlis - Bashir Hassan Vazirganj, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

Late Bashir Hassan worked for the Indian Railways, he was my wifes Khalu, his greatest wish in life was that his house majlis goes of smoothly, and for every Shia rich or poor the annual house majlis is of great importance .
I shot this [...]

Majlis at Chup Tazia House Lucknow, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
I had shot this a very long time back and this house in the bylanes of Nakas caled Knkar Kua belongs to the founder of the Chup Tazia Syed Baqar who was the ex Principal of Shia Girls College.
The Maulana weeping at the mimber [...]