 What you're witnessing here today is an event held by the Muslim faithful annually to mark the 40th day since the martyrdom of the grandson of the Prophet of Islam Imam Hussein peace be upon him This event has been held in some form not just in Burlington, but globally since around the time of the martyrdom in 60 excuse me in 680 and This occurred in what was then Karbala Iraq at the time The Prophet's grandson had risen up against an especially tyrannical Caliph out of Syria at the time and he along with his companions Were martyred in Karbala Iraq and since that time Events like this what's known as a malib and I can't think of a better English translation for it are designed to Remind people of the events that happened and Imam Hussein's The spirit of justice and social economic religious political justice that animated His actions and those of his brave companions who were mercilessly Put down at that time Right now As this is filming there are millions of people and typically I would say around 17 million or so people who are in the process of walking from all parts of Iraq and some neighboring countries to Karbala itself in order to commemorate the incredible sacrifice of Imam Hussein and his companions and What we are seeing here in Vermont today and having grown up here. I never thought I would see this myself Is similar to what you would find if you were walking along the road to Karbala Iraq today and Yeah, I think that's That's about all I could say about it Hello, my friends. This is Ali Mahdi from the voice of Lady Zainab Events in Burlington Today you will hear about the story of Imam Hussein and his family and companions I will introduce my brother Ali here to have some explanation of the story happened there and Then we will hand the mic to our sister Dima to have complete the Exemplination also. Thank you so much brother Ali. Thank you Hi, my name is Ali. So this section is the picture explanation of the Arbaín event of Imam Hussein I said I'm so let's start with the first picture on this picture demonstrate when Imam Hussein came with his family to Karbala The second picture here is showing the family of Imam Hussein Ali salam versus the army of Yazid and you can see the difference in numbers pretty clearly and on this picture here we have the Youngest child of Imam Hussein who was only six months years old He was really thirsty and his father asked the bad people the other army for water and instead of giving him water they They hit him with an arrow that has three brown and killed him on the spot and his father hands And this is Dima speaking again In this picture here. You see the horse of Imam Hussein. Ali his salam Again, this is in the heat of the Middle East both the Imam and the horse were very very thirsty They rode out to a river nearby to get some water and neither of them would drink first This picture is after the Imam Ali his salam has died and the horse is in its way of death And this picture here after all Imam Hussein's family unafraid got killed so the bad people decided to burn all the tents and Really give a good scare for all the children and women This picture here is after the battle has ended a lot of the men have been killed and it is depicting Lady Zeynep who is Imam Hussein's sister who took the leadership after his death and for this picture after everyone died so The bad people decided to cut all the heads of Imam Hussein's family and friends and Put them on an arrow and took them with their family on the children as a war prisoners In this picture here, it is showing the start of the march that Yazid's forces took on The family the remaining family the women and children of Imam Hussein Ali his salam marching them around to show off that they have captured the remaining of the family so in that picture is When the family of Imam Hussein Al-Salam arrived to Damascus with The heads of their loved ones so the bad people the Yazid army made sure that everyone in the Community and the local people are awake and ready being outside to celebrate and sing in To the death and the horrible thing they did for those people, which is the Imam Hussein's family and this picture here is depicting Yazid You know talking to a room of people and scaring them into if they were to follow in You know in Islam they would say face the same fate that the rest of the family and the grandson the grandson of Imam And in this picture here We are showing Yazid using scare tactics among the people and showing them that if they were to follow Islam They would benefit the same fate of the Imam Hussein and his family So for this next picture we have When Rukia alaihi salam, which is the youngest daughter of Imam Hussein Was crying and asking for her father and then why Yazid did in a state of Comfort her or talking to her. He bought her father's head in a dish or a big tray Covered with a piece of cloth and he brought to her so she's as a child. She took the cloth out and then Surprised her father's head was there She hugged her father's head and she died on the spot in this picture next picture here. You see a map outline of modern-day Iraq and modern-day Syria and The arrows follow the march that the family of Hussein alaihi salam were taken upon and It was used as a way of showing everyone around that area They faked that befell the family of Imam Hussein and it is again to scare people into Not following Islam Okay, on this picture we have it's when the family of Imam Hussein alaihi salam came back from Syria Damascus where Yazid's hair to corduaries So they came back to Karbala with the heads of their loved ones like Imam Hussein in our bus and all the brothers Kazan's friends and they buried the heads with each specific body In this picture here. We have Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala It is visited by millions of people. It is in Karbala, Iraq It is visited by millions of people during this time of year For to honor his memory and what he has done for the religion of Islam And on this picture here. We have the shrine of Imam Abbas who is the dear brother of Imam Hussein alaihi salam and he's also buried in Karbala, Iraq and There are over 20 million people every year they go to that shrine and pay their respect and learn a lot from Imam Abbas and how he was devoted and supportive and always helping his older brother Imam Hussein In this picture here. We have the shrine of Lady Zainab in Syria Lady Zainab is the sister of Imam Hussein and with this picture here. We have concluded our tour around this Slight, you know small depiction of the battle and the outcome of The the family of Imam Hussein alaihi salam We just wanted to mention that in this more small tour of pictures and explanations of this Massacre and the battle that happened. There is a lot of pictures that we did not include due to their graphic nature We would love to explain more and talk to you all and inshallah We will be back next year and do it and if you would like to come and join us that would be amazing. Thank you Hi again the second section in this event is to watch the event worldwide brother Hasan here will explain it to you Hi, my name is Hassan. I'm from the voice of Lady Zainab alaihi salam So I created a video that captured some of the countries Do this event and then I have a small section the father Christopher talked about Ladies Zainab alaihi salam and how powerful she is and then I did cover for each country But not all of the countries because the video will be like an hour long. So for example here We have Belgium and Michigan Turkey here, and then it will happen all around the world. Thank you Hello again, my friend. This is a very unique and extraordinary section in the event It's all handmade a lot of work Sister Kautha will explain that for you Hello, everyone. My name is Kautha Hashim I will start talking about these these are basically who is and what happened and here We have who is the lady Zainab and we have We basically explain about her life who she is basically her biography the same thing with Imam Hussein Talking about who he is his parents and the summary of his life And then in here we have what happens in the battle of Karbala bullet points. They're very short But they have the main points of what happens in the car in Karbala and then in here we have Some quotes on the mug and an example of these We have through patience great things are accomplished by your mom who's a mama Lee another thing that we have is Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxious anxiety After all it's not it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly and the next section We have some key chains These are made for all ages and all people an example of this of these key chains are this Imam Hussein for justice and then on the other side you have Imam Hussein against injustice Another thing we try to show the shrines of the imams and Here we have Imam Kalam and then this is his shrine From the inside and the outside another thing that we have is Another type of key chain I should say is In here we have Lady Zaynab voice against oppression and then we have the doom of Lady Zaynab Then if we move to the next sections we have in here a mimic of Lady Zaynab shrine and here we have some pins that are talking about Sending the same messages as we try to a message of love and of Respecting and being an open mind to all all people and here for example We have Lady Zaynab is a ray of hope an example another example is this Lady Zaynab is a voice of truth and then on the other side same thing different messages for Imam Hussein For example in here we have Imam Hussein stood for equality The next thing that we also have is the Mimic of Imam Abbas's shrine And then in here we have some magnets. We have one for the kids Here they are and we have this is Imam Hussein's shrine and then in here we have Um Dignity death with dignity is better than a life with humiliation Another thing is another type of magnets is stand with Imam Hussein for Preserving a human dignity Now if we move on to the next section, we have a mimic of Imam Hussein's shrine and here we have their full-of stickers For example, we have in here Imam Hussein asked us to stand up against injustice Another example of it is you will what you hide in your heart will always appear in your eyes and Then a beautiful drawing of Imam Hussein's doom and Manara And then if we move on to the next section in here we have some pens that we made for the for the company and Then in here we have a tote bag, which is the voice of the lady Zaynab. It's very simple and beautiful And all as I said all these are for free for everyone else Hello, my friend my favorite section ever children's area Six star Zahra is gonna explain it to us My name is Zahara and I'm from the voice of the lady Zaynab here. We have some pins for the children we have some cups and We have some chocolate and a gift boxes for them and we also have some word search papers and coloring books and we have a book for the kids to read and we have some pens down here and we have some key chains and bracelets and Here we have the picture that Cotter painted it's a picture of Imam Abbas and he's taking care of the children during the war and a very interesting section the food section which is Give a very delicious meal for everyone sister some I will have more information about that So today we have different types of food All types here that you see today are free of charge We are offering the food in remembrance of Imam Hussein and his family who were Denied food and water for days on end His family women and children were all denied food and so every year we Give out food in remembrance of that. So we have different options. We have a vegetarian option We have Iraqi biryani and then there's Iraqi keema That comes with rice And so there are different options that are suitable for people And as we go down We also have desserts and we have fruits and water for folks to consume As they're liking But these are all the things that we provide and again, they're all free of charge just for people to enjoy and Remember that Imam Hussein gave up the amazing luxury of food and water For him and his family just so that he could stand for justice and Injustice and standing against corruption. So today we remember that and we are passing out food For all to enjoy free of charge Just to see the examples of food that we have the first one is a vegetable option Vegetarian it's rice and then the second one is Iraqi biryani So you have here meat and rice and vegetables as well. And then you over here. We have the keema this is also meat and Chickpeas as well and it's eaten with rice. And so these are the different options of food that we have Along with the fruits and desserts and the drinks As you've seen here the Arab urban event if there are more than 10 million people from different countries and Background gathering at the same place and at the same time. So the question is why is the media didn't cover it? I thought it should be it's worth it to cover it And this is our event for this year. And I hope you're visiting us for the next event to get some Messages from the great lady Zaynab in this banner shows the last scene of the battle The army of Yazid thought they called every single man in Hussein's family when The lady Zaynab Stand up and took the flag and said the fight and the battle Start right now. We're still here. We're not done