ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóMai Namleh and her 18-month-old son, who live in a tent, are both malnourished. She wanted to wean him off of breastmilk because she barely has any, but she has so little else to give him.
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocó“For Shiites around the world, there’s huge sensitivity surrounding the Sayyida Zeinab Shrine,” said Hussein al-Khatib. “It carries a lot of symbolism.”ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóShiite worshippers pray at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine where many Shiite Muslims believe Zeinab, the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad is entombed, in Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, Syria, Saturday March 15, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóShiite worshippers pray at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine where many Shiite Muslims believe Zeinab, the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad is entombed, in Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, Syria, Saturday March 15, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóAfter Assad’s ouster, al-Khatib joined other Syrian Shiite community members to protect the shrine from the inside. The new security forces guard it from the outside.ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocó“We don’t want any sedition among Muslims,” he said. “This is the most important message, especially in this period that Syria is going through.”
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóZeinab is a daughter of the first Shiite imam, Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad; she’s especially revered among Shiites as a symbol of steadfastness, patience and courage.ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóShe has several titles, such as the “mother of misfortunes” for enduring tragedies, including the 7th-century killing of her brother, Hussein. His death exacerbated the schism between Islam’s two main sects, Sunni and Shiite, and is
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóZeinab’s burial place is disputed; some Muslims believe it’s elsewhere. The Syria shrine has drawn pilgrims, including from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. Since Assad’s ouster, however, fewer foreign visitors have come, an economic blow to those catering to them in the area.
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóShiite clergy speak at the Sayyida Zeinab Shrine, where many Shiite Muslims believe Zeinab, the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad, is entombed, in Sayyida Zeinab, south of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóThe Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóA Guna Indigenous woman covers her head due to light rain on Gardi Sugdub Island, part of the San Blas archipelago off Panama’s Caribbean coast, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóA Guna Indigenous woman covers her head due to light rain on Gardi Sugdub Island, part of the San Blas archipelago off Panama’s Caribbean coast, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocóOn a recent day, the island’s Indigenous residents rowed or sputtered off with outboard motors to fish. Children, some in uniforms and others in the colorful local textiles called “molas,” chattered as they hustled through the warren of narrow dirt streets on their way to school.ómounnuevoespectáculodeplanetarioayudóacientíficosadescubrirunsecretocó“We’re a little sad, because we’re going to leave behind the homes we’ve known all our lives, the relationship with the sea, where we fish, where we bathe and where the tourists come, but the sea is sinking the island little by little,” said Nadín Morales, 24, who prepared to move with her mother, uncle and boyfriend.