Assessing the Health Condition of Arbaeen Pedestrian Pilgrims Along with the great ceremony of Arbaeen pilgrimage walk

Along with the great ceremony of Arbaeen pilgrimage walk, a research project titled as "Assessing the Health Condition of Arbaeen Pedestrian Pilgrims" was launched in Karbala.

According to the center of Pilgrimage and Tourism public relations in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, the project aims at determining the quality of pilgrims’ health condition in physical, social, spiritual and mental terms, as well as a clear classification of pilgrims’ health issues during the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq.

This research project is the result of an agreement between Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Al-Amid University of Karbala under the supervision of Dr. Ali Yousefi, Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion and director of the center of Pilgrimage and Tourism.

Data collection of this project was done through questionnaires and interviews with more than 1500 Arbaeen pilgrims in Iraq, coming from different countries in three languages of Persian, Arabic, and English.  The project involved a 20-person research group both from Iran and Iraq, and the data were collected over ten days on the paths leading to Karbala. In addition to the international publication, it should be noted that the outcome of this research is going to be presented during a scientific meeting, and then will be published on the center of Pilgrimage and Tourism website