interview with Dr. Nofour Abbas [bd18898a]
- Studied management
- From karbala
- 1959 born
- 18 years at 3ttaba
- Vice advisor to the director?
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What is the role of imams during ashura?
- Remeberence
- Preaching
- Giving instruction
- Not only the past, but also giving advice about current events
- Are there management of rituals?
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18k people work in the organizations
- many cities, economic and other
- عتبة الحسينية
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Cities?
- cultural centers and health centers, such as clinics
- inside Iraq, overseas is mostly for teaching
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Role of the attaba during the islamic state (is/isis/isil) years?
- first - giving financing to the hashd al-shaabi (PMF) and iraqi armed forces
- funerals for dead soldiers
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fatwa against daesh
- saving cities out of homeland patriotism
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Insitituionally, how has this changed in the 18 years?
- only arabeen
- in 2003, it was only 40 workers maintaining the shrine
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attendance in the last 10 years
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- has always increased, covid did not affect this
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- went down in 2020, but due to government policies
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does he expect more # in 20201?
- does expect more, always welcomes more foriengers as long as they have visa and PCR
- attendenace did not go down during the daesh years
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has anything changed with the rituals in the last 18 years?
- nothing
- (although were militant flags always as common? - me)
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2003 attaba
- attaba grew dramatically after the 2003 donations
- previously was maintance only on the shrine
- more and more festivals across all of iraq
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management structure
- 7 people majlis selected by diwan office and chosen by the minister of the shrine
- الهيال الوظيمية
- 60 sections, each section has a head and has specific roles