{"id":79910,"date":"2025-08-19T16:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=79910"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:53:23","slug":"iraqi-parliamentarian-highlights-womens-role-in-arbaeen-and-family-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/iraqi-parliamentarian-highlights-womens-role-in-arbaeen-and-family-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Parliamentarian Highlights Women\u2019s Role in Arbaeen and Family Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\"><strong>According to the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>Dunya Al-Shummari, head of the Iraqi Parliament\u2019s Women and Family Committee, emphasized the vital role of women in preserving the legacy of Arbaeen during the international conference \u201cArbaeen of Imam Hussain (a.s.); Dignity, Justice, and Global Responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">She highlighted Lady Zaynab\u2019s (a.s.) leadership during and after the tragedy of Karbala, noting that she safeguarded family unity and conveyed the story of Imam Hussain\u2019s (a.s.) sacrifice as a victory for truth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">\u201cImam Hussain (a.s.), through his martyrdom, became a model for all who seek steadfastness on the path of justice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Al-Shummari praised Iraqis\u2019 hospitality toward pilgrims, stressing that women offer everything they have out of generosity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">\u201cWe tell visitors: welcome to your second country. You are not guests, you are at home,\u201d she said, noting that despite heat and fatigue, Iraqis remain committed to serving in the path of AhlulBayt (a.s.).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">On the value of hijab, she said it symbolizes loyalty to Lady Fatimah (a.s.) and Lady Zaynab (a.s.), and that Iraqi women proudly carry this message worldwide.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">She contrasted Western notions of freedom with Islam\u2019s emphasis on women\u2019s strength within the family.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">She also announced plans to establish a Faculty of Family Studies in Iraq with support from the Islamic Republic of Iran, highlighting ongoing cultural cooperation with the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dunya Al-Shummari, head of the Iraqi Parliament\u2019s Women and Family Committee, emphasized the vital role of women in preserving the legacy of Arbaeen during the international conference \u201cArbaeen of Imam Hussain (a.s.); Dignity, Justice, and Global Responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":79921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1627,202],"class_list":["post-79910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-arbaeen","tag-imam-hussain-a-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79924,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79910\/revisions\/79924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}