Ethnography of Lamentation: Azadari as It Exists in the Tri-State Shii Community and Its Future in the American Milieu.

This book is about the Muharam practices of the Shii community in the Tri-State area what its practices are and what the future of these practices are in the American milieu. It seeks to analyze through ethnography what each of the cultural communities are and how does this play out in the wider American Shii culture.