title: Reliving Karbala: Martyrdom in South Asian Memory
author:  Syed Akbar Hyder 
description: <br />"<em>Reliving Karbala</em> is a significant contribution to the existing scholarship on Karbala. Hyder adds vitality and depth to his analysis through a range of personal anecdotes, including memories of his own experience of growing up between cultures. This book is an invaluable resource from whcih students of various disciplines will benefit." --<em>American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences</em>
zlib_text: Reliving Karbala:
  Martyrdom in South 
  Asian Memory
  SYED AKBAR HYDER
  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  
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  Reliving Karbala
  Martyrdom in South Asian Memory
  syed akbar hyder
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  2006
  
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