Shia are also in the majority in Iraq and Bahrain. There are sizable Shia communities in Kuwait, Yemen, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In countries with large Shia communities, Shia often make up the poorest sections of society and see themselves as oppressed and discriminated against.
Phloem is the tissue in plants that transport food to the parts of the plant where it needs to go. An example of the phloem is the tissue in plants that distributes the sugar that plants eat. the vascular tissue in vascular plants that conducts and distributes sugars and other dissolved foods from the places where the food is produced to the places where it is needed or stored. Origin of phloem.
Xylem transports water and solutes from the roots to the leaves, while phloem transports food from the leaves to the rest of the plant. Transpiration is the process by which water evaporates from the leaves, which results in more water being drawn up from the roots.