The Call of the Free: An adaptation of Rida al-Khafaji's Sawt al-Hurr

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The Call of the Free: An adaptation of Rida al-Khafaji's Sawt al-Hurr al-Riyahi (The 'Ashura' Literature Series) Hardcover

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The Call of the Free portrays the events leading up to the massacre of al-usayn b. Al, his family, and his companions at Karbala on the day of shr in 61 AH/680 CE, as seen through the eyes of al-urr al-Riy, a man caught between his duties as a soldier of the Umayyad Caliphate and his conscience. In awt al-urr al-Riy, the Iraqi poet and playwright Ri al-Khafj invigorates the historical narrative of al-urrs defection, and the turmoil of his conscience, by introducing the character of The Callera mysterious voice from the unseen. This adaptation into English by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi seeks to introduce the long theatrical tradition of Mystery plays in honour of shr to the Anglophone world offering the reader an insight into the rich commemorative practices surrounding the lamentation of the massacre at Karbala.