I hate spending the month of Ramadan in Qum. It's really dull here. But I love spending the month of Muharram here.
There's just something about spending this time in a shia country that I haven't seen replicated anywhere else. From the flags in the streets and houses, the sabeel stands handing out drinks and tabaruk, the mini processions and latmiya in the streets, the reenactments of the story of Karbala.... This list goes on. It actually feels like the streets are mourning for Imam Husayn.
During this time, there are often young men offering to spray paint a 'ya Husayn' slogan on car windshields.
Here are some pics from around the city:
