sectionKarbala Radoods School at Husseinya al Yassine at Mohammad Amin Street (حسينية ال ياسين في شارع محمد الامين) [58ca5df7]

Part of karbala

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March 25, 2022
3 different classes at this Husseinyya, one qu'ran recitation class, one fiqh class, one radood class
For qu'ran class, each teenager recites and there is also a choir of older men and younger kids
The older men perform at the end of class and the younger kids perform after them
Teacher corrects them at every stage
Afterwards fiqh class happens and the sheikh seems to talk to everyone
Smells like a regular ventilated mosque, although not much to report on that
Interior structure is a 2 story
Radood school is the same as qu'ran school, except that people pick different Qasidas, there are some famous ones
Ages from 8-40

1. Field Notes July 15th, 2022

Went to the radood graduation ceramony
Teachers were honored, then the radoods themselves
Ali gave a warm up while waiting for everyone to particpate
- Made a joke about how people don't know if it is a qasida or not
People walk through and back, and the event itself is quite social
Plenty of photos were taken all the time
- Something to write about the fact that everyone takes photos all the time
Food, general sitting, party stuff
Speeches seem to draw in the audience as well, hitting specific loudness
A list of speakers, some with prepared speeches at the start
Haider notably chose to do his speech in fusha
Everyone seemed to think that this was a little performance
Interesting that this was all in fusha
Two qasidas were performed, one was written by Haider and one was written by another teacher
The role of the banaity of the performance, that everything was highly routined and performed
Clapping and rythmic chants
For every singer there is a camera
For the entire choir, after three qasidas they hand out certificates of apprechiation to the teachers and elders
All the teachers are middle aged men