The author of the present paper is going to study and explain the content of two works on the eventof Karbala. The titles of these essays are as follows: 1.“Remembering Karbalāʾ: The Construction of an Early Islamic Site of Memory,” by Antoine Borrut; 2. “Beyond the Karbala Paradigm: Rethinking Revolution and Redemption in Twelver Shi‘a Mourning Rituals” by Edith Szanto.