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.
Relating to the vessels of the body, especially the arteries and veins, that carry blood and lymph. Relating to or having xylem and phloem, plant tissues highly specialized for carrying water, dissolved nutrients, and food from one part of a plant to another. Ferns and all seed-bearing plants have vascular tissues; bryophytes, such as mosses, do not. See more at phloem, xylem.