“KARBALA” RECALLS THE HISTORIC BATTLE IN THE DESERT OF NINEVA, WHERE RESISTANCE FORCES, THOUGH OUTNUMBERED AND DEFEATED, LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY THAT RESHAPED THEIR SOCIETY. THIS CONTEMPORARY PAINTING REIMAGINES THAT STRUGGLE IN LIGHT OF MODERN CONFLICTS IN THE SAME REGION, EVOKING THE PARADOX OF TACTICAL LOSS AND STRATEGIC VICTORY.