Qom: The City of the Mid-Sha'ban Festivity

Every year, the sacred city of Qom is filled with a spiritual fervor as it prepares for the Mid-Sha'ban festivities, with extensive city decorations and cultural programs in place, a welcoming sanctuary for a vast multitude of pilgrims and devoted believers who journey to this sacred site to honor the grand occasion of Mid-Sha'ban and celebrate the the auspicious birth of the last Imam of Shiites, the Muhammad al-Mahdi (Imam Zaman). In the alleys and streets leading to the Holy Jamkaran Mosque, numerous children and adults actively adorn their surroundings and arrange hospitality areas to warmly welcome the arriving guests.