Ali Hussain's article in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, a Duke University Press journal, 2005, is peer-reviewed academic scholarship. Its strength is that it traces the historical evolution of Shia ritual commemoration of the Battle of Karbala, including the centrality of thirst and water symbolism to Ashura mourning practice, across pages 78 to 88. Its limit is the ordinary one for a focused journal article: it covers the specific historical development it sets out to trace, not the full range of Ashura practice worldwide.
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Tier one: a peer reviewed article in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, a Duke University Press journal, tracing the historical evolution of Shia ritual commemoration of the Battle of Karbala including thirst and water symbolism in Ashura mourning. Its limit is the ordinary one for a focused journal article: it covers the specific historical development it sets out to trace, not the full range of Ashura practice worldwide. NotesPages 78-88. Traces the evolution of Shia ritual commemoration of the Battle of Karbala, including the centrality of thirst and water symbolism to Ashura mourning practice. Use for the Euphrates fact's Ashura/Karbala clause.
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AuthorAli J. Hussain
PublisherComparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (Duke University Press), vol. 25, no. 1
Publication Year2005
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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This source names Africa directly: "in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, a Duke University Press journal, 2005, is peer-reviewed academic scholarship."
This source names Asia directly: "in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, a Duke University Press journal, 2005, is peer-reviewed academic scholarship."
This source names Karbala directly: "ritual commemoration of the Battle of Karbala, including the centrality of thirst and water symbolism to Ashura mourning practice, across pages 78 to 88."
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