The study examines Julia Alvarez's role as a Dominican American author, poet, and essayist. Despite being born in New York City in 1950, she was raised in the Dominican Republic by a family with Dominican heritage. Her residence in her ancestral homeland significantly influenced her subsequent literary works. Upon her father's implication in a conspiracy against Dominican President, he departed from the Dominican Republic. Alvarez encountered the challenge of the English language. They were compelled to acquire proficiency in English due to the prevailing perception that anyone who spoke a language other than English were deemed "un-American" during that period. Alvarez recounted her initial encounters in the United States and the subseque

المستودع الرقمي العراقي. مركز المعلومات الرقمية التابع لمكتبة العتبة العباسية المقدسة

The article provides a comparative analysis of comparisons in Russian and Arabic, aimed at identifying their structural, typological, and functional-pragmatic features. The study is based on a systematic approach to the analysis of linguistic means of expressing comparisons in two differ- ent linguistic cultures. The article analyzes the main structural components of comparisons, their classification, and their cognitive and aesthetic functions. The results of the study demonstrate the deep cultural conditioning of comparative constructions and their important role in representing the specific features of the respective linguistic cultures.

The ability of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to uptake three pharmaceuticals (diclofenac, mefenamic acid and metronidazole) from two types of soil (clay and sandy soil) was investigated in this study to explore the human exposure to these pharmaceuticals via the consumption of beans. A pot experiment was conducted with beans plants which were grown in two types of soil for six weeks under controlled conditions. During the experiment period, the soil pore water was collected weekly and the concentrations of the test compounds in soil pore water as well as in plant organs (roots, stems and leaves) were weekly determined.
The results showed that the studied pharmaceuticals were detected in all plant tissues; their concentration

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بعد دخول تنظيم داعش إلى مناطق غرب وشمال العراق وتمدد التنظيم جاءت فتوى المرجعية الدينية التي ثبتت ظهور الحشد الشعبي الذي صار أهم اذرع المؤسسة العسكرية والأمنية في العراق وبعد تعافي الأجهزة الأمنية نتيجة الدعم الجماهيري والشعبي من خلال وجود الحشد الشعبي كقوة داعمة ومكملة للأجهزة الأمنية تم تحرير كافة المناطق التي سيطر عليها تنظيم داعش الإرهابي .  الكلمات المفتاحية: (الحشد الشعبي، المرجعية الدينية، تنظي

       سلاح السيف العربي(sabre) حديث النشوء بالنسبة للاعبة العراقية إذ تم ممارسته خلال السنوات الأخيرة, ويتطلب شروط فنيه ميكانيكيه خاصة وفقآ لطبيعة الحركات وأن هذه الفعالية تعتمد بشكل رئيسي على مقدار مايمتلكه الرياضي من قوة وسرعه خاصة عند تطبيق المهارات الأساسية (الطعن والتقدم والتقهقر وأوضاع الدفاع المختلفة), وأن هذه الحركات تتطلب مستوى من القدرات البدنية كالقوة المميزة بالسرعة وال