At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer; visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their faces against an ornate enclosure surrounding where they believe the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad is entombed. (AP video shot by Abd Al-Rahman Shaheen)
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In Syria, a Shiite shrine and community navigate a changed landscape

At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer; visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their faces against an ornate enclosure surrounding where they believe the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad is entombed. (AP video shot by Abd Al-Rahman Shaheen)
 
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