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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 in this country, which is also the site of an event often commemorated by beating one’s chest in the practice of matam. This country’s “valley (15[2])of peace” is often claimed to be the world’s largest cemetery. An event that occurred in this country is recounted in (*) ta’ziyeh passion plays. The first (10[1])hawza was founded in this modern-day country by Shaykh Tusi. The Arbaeen pilgrimage commemorates Husayn’s death in this country and occurs 40 days after Ashura. (-5[1])For 10 points, the holy city of Najaf is located in what country where Shi’a rituals were banned by Saddam Hussein? ■END■ (10[2])

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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