Question

In a 2007 Leor Halevi book, a city in this modern-day country was said to be “padlocking the women” in it by cracking down on wailing in funerals. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea published a 1965 ethnography of a village (15[1])in this country, which is also the site of an event often commemorated by beating one’s chest in the practice of matam. (15[1]-5[1])This country’s (-5[1])“valley (15[2])of (15[1])peace” is often claimed to be the world’s (15[1])largest cemetery. (15[2])An event (15[1])that occurred (15[1])in this country (-5[1])is recounted in (15[1])(*) ta’ziyeh passion (-5[1])plays. The first (10[1])hawza (10[1]-5[2])was founded in this modern-day country by Shaykh Tusi. (-5[1])The Arbaeen (10[1])pilgrimage commemorates Husayn’s (10[2])death (10[1])in this country (10[3])and (10[1])occurs (10[1])40 (10[2])days after Ashura. (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, the holy city of Najaf (-5[2])is located in what country (10[1]0[1])where Shi’a (10[1])rituals were (-5[1])banned (10[1])by Saddam Hussein? (10[3])■END■ (10[16]0[1])

ANSWER: Iraq [or Republic of Iraq or Jumhūriyyat al-ʿIrāq or Komarî Êraq] (The Halevi book is Muhammad’s Grave. Fernea’s ethnography is Guests of the Sheik.)
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