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=== Part 2: The Arab World, South Asia, and the United States of America ===
=== Part 2: The Arab World, South Asia, and the United States of America ===
Sakineh, The Narrator of Karbala: An Ethnographic Description of a Women’s Majles Ritual in Pakistan, in this Chapter [[Shemeem Burney Abbas]] explores how the events of Karbala were narrated by a Shiite woman narrator in women's mourning rituals in Pakistan.


[[Zaynab|Sayyedeh Zaynab]]: The Conqueror of Damascus and Beyond, in this chapter [[Syed Akbar Hyder]] deals with South Asia and what is presented there as religious practices and shows the focus of the text of laments and hymns on Sayyedeh Zaynab.
* Sakineh, The Narrator of Karbala: An Ethnographic Description of a Women’s Majles Ritual in Pakistan, in this Chapter [[Shemeem Burney Abbas]] explores how the events of Karbala were narrated by a Shiite woman narrator in women's mourning rituals in Pakistan.
 
* [[Zaynab|Sayyedeh Zaynab]]: The Conqueror of Damascus and Beyond, in this chapter [[Syed Akbar Hyder]] deals with South Asia and what is presented there as religious practices and shows the focus of the text of laments and hymns on Sayyedeh Zaynab.
Gender and Muharram Rituals in an Ismaili Sect of South Asian Muslims, in this Chapter Rehana Ghadially analyzes one of the manifestations of Ismaili Shiism in the Bohra community of India. She talks about the activities of men and women in Muharram ceremonies and the issue that presence of women depends on the type of ceremonies (private or public).  
* Gender and Muharram Rituals in an Ismaili Sect of South Asian Muslims, in this Chapter Rehana Ghadially analyzes one of the manifestations of Ismaili Shiism in the Bohra community of India. She talks about the activities of men and women in Muharram ceremonies and the issue that presence of women depends on the type of ceremonies (private or public).  
 
* Women of Karbala Moving to America: Shi'i Rituals in Iran, Pakistan, and California, in this chapter [[Mary Elaine Hegland]] compares the two major Shia immigrant communities in the USA: Iranians and South Asians. She shows that they have completely different and separate religious practices and rituals, which are based on their experiences in political and religious dimensions.
Women of Karbala Moving to America: Shi'i Rituals in Iran, Pakistan, and California, in this chapter [[Mary Elaine Hegland]] compares the two major Shia immigrant communities in the USA: Iranians and South Asians. She shows that they have completely different and separate religious practices and rituals, which are based on their experiences in political and religious dimensions.
* Women’s Religious Rituals in Iraq, in this Chapter Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and Basima Q. Bezirgan study public and private space, the masculine and feminine worlds and the relationship between the two. They show the supportive role of both sexes in [[Ashura]] rituals in Iraq as well as in other areas of Middle Eastern societies.
 
* From Mourning to Activism: Sayyedeh Zaynab, Lebanese Shi'i Women, and the Transformation of Ashura, in this Chapter [[Lara deeb|Lara Z. Deeb]] deals with the issue of Shiite mourning ceremonies in Lebanon and the changes caused by urbanization and modernization. The author refers to Zaynab's role in Karbala and her role model in present time.  
Women’s Religious Rituals in Iraq, in this Chapter Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and Basima Q. Bezirgan study public and private space, the masculine and feminine worlds and the relationship between the two. They show the supportive role of both sexes in [[Ashura]] rituals in Iraq as well as in other areas of Middle Eastern societies.
 
From Mourning to Activism: Sayyedeh Zaynab, Lebanese Shi'i Women, and the Transformation of Ashura, in this Chapter [[Lara deeb|Lara Z. Deeb]] deals with the issue of Shiite mourning ceremonies in Lebanon and the changes caused by urbanization and modernization. The author refers to Zaynab's role in Karbala and her role model in present time.  


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