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Iterability And The Original In The Arts Of Modernity And Beyond, Hussein Shaker Qassim Dec 2023

Iterability And The Original In The Arts Of Modernity And Beyond, Hussein Shaker Qassim

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Research and exploration in the Iterability of and the original necessitate searching for them in the plastic field, given that the history of art in its entirety from the past to the present moment has become a field rich in achievements. Therefore, an artist must, in order to have his individuality, identity and a clear imprint, must draw from the past and the products of artists, but in a way A different employment, and this is not disputed by both, so the artist’s only option was to return to the past and rediscover the past, so the tagged research sheds …

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Artificial Intelligence Applications In Worships Performed By A Proxy In The Light Of Islamic Jurisprudence, Hayat Abdullah Mohamad Almutlaq Dec 2023

Artificial Intelligence Applications In Worships Performed By A Proxy In The Light Of Islamic Jurisprudence, Hayat Abdullah Mohamad Almutlaq

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Using applications of artificial intelligence in worships performed by a proxy is one of the most important issues especially it concerns the person's worship and its organized rulings. In this study, the researcher utilized the scientific method in extrapolating legitimists’ views in this issue, depending on authentic sources of the research and directly attributing scientists’ texts and views from their books.

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Education Of Baghdadi Women (1878-1958), Haider Attia Kazem Dec 2023

Education Of Baghdadi Women (1878-1958), Haider Attia Kazem

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research deals with the developments that occurred in the women’s education movement in Iraq during the Ottoman era and its development during the period of the royal era, specifically the education of Baghdadi women and the keenness of the people and society in general for women’s education and their acquisition of basic skills in science and knowledge. The research attempted to shed light as much as possible on the stages of this development and the spread of schools in Baghdad and its distribution between a relatively small number of government and private or private schools for non-Muslim religious sects …

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The Role Of New Zealand Nurses In The First World War 1914 -1918, Sabreen Hamza Abdel Amir Ganbar, Hassan Attia Abdullah Dec 2023

The Role Of New Zealand Nurses In The First World War 1914 -1918, Sabreen Hamza Abdel Amir Ganbar, Hassan Attia Abdullah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

After the outbreak of World War I, men volunteered to go to the battlefield and participate in the war, so women saw it as their duty towards the British Empire to volunteer for war as well, and to practice the profession of nursing for the sake of their children, and accordingly the Women’s Elite Organization (Daughters of the Empire) and the New Zealand Nurses Organization were formed and the Nursing Service was formed in the New Zealand army and headed by Hester McClain, and even nurses of Maori origin asked to join.

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Fine Art Philosophy For (Bul Kli) And (Khawan Miru), Mona Saad Algarni Dec 2023

Fine Art Philosophy For (Bul Kli) And (Khawan Miru), Mona Saad Algarni

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research deals with the fine art in the works of (Bul Kli) and Khawan Miru in order to identify the characteristics and artistic features of the works of both artists and to stand on the philosophical values ​​in the fine art of their works, and monitoring the artistic properties of these works and clarifying the features that linked the content of their works with the characteristics of children’s art in terms of expressing the artistic properties, the fine art features and the human experience, and transferring human discourse away from everything that is familiar in a realistic way to …

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Rules Of Decency And General Taste In Litigation, Sajjad Abdulhussein Dawood Harba Dec 2023

Rules Of Decency And General Taste In Litigation, Sajjad Abdulhussein Dawood Harba

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The rules of decency and public decency in litigation are a set of principles and actions that the parties participating in the judicial process must adhere to, represented by mutual respect and professionalism. The parties must deal with each other honestly and transparently and there must be adherence to the laws and rules and avoid defamation and distortion. Therefore, all of these rules enhance professional reputation and integrity in the litigation process and enhance confidence in the judicial system in order to achieve fully justice. These rules must be followed, whether by the judge and his assistants, or by the …

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Outer Mongolia's Position On The Soviet-Chinese Division Of 1956-1969, Fatima Jassim Dec 2023

Outer Mongolia's Position On The Soviet-Chinese Division Of 1956-1969, Fatima Jassim

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Sino-soviet schism for the period 1956-1969 produced a major rift in the Communist Bloc, especially in the continent of Asia. Countries with a communist approach had to choose between lining up with the Soviet Union or standing against it and joining China. If they chose the hostile side, they had to bear the consequences of that choice. Outer Mongolia chose to be Moscow's reliable ally, and despite the great political and economic pressure exerted by China on it, it unequivocally sided with Moscow.

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Accessibility Modeling To The Main Community Service Centers Using The Fuzzy Logic In Gis / Mosul City As A Model, Mohammed Hashim Dhannoon, Omar Abdullah Ismaeel Dec 2023

Accessibility Modeling To The Main Community Service Centers Using The Fuzzy Logic In Gis / Mosul City As A Model, Mohammed Hashim Dhannoon, Omar Abdullah Ismaeel

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The research aims to assess the levels of spatial accessibility towards community service centers as destinations for the population with daily demand expressed by the amount of traffic through the paths of the street network in the city of Mosul. This is done by applying the spatial analysis methodology to the requirements of measuring ease of access using fuzzy logic to translate spatial interaction into mathematical logic, and convert its data into geographical knowledge represented by levels of saturated spread for ease of access between the very high 17.3 km2, the high 40.15 km2, the medium 62.81 km2, and the …

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Means Of Making Money Online Jurisprudential Study, Haytham Muhammad Najem, Raghad Mahdi Abdul Amir Dec 2023

Means Of Making Money Online Jurisprudential Study, Haytham Muhammad Najem, Raghad Mahdi Abdul Amir

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

We aim from this study to demonstrate the jurisprudential vision of the issue of profiting from the Internet, after we sensed the prevalence of electronic commerce and its spread on a large scale, and this puts the consumer in dangers that he may be indispensable for, so there must be rationing of these matters according to the vision of Islamic law, and it has resulted. The idea of ​​this research is based on a main goal represented in defining the jurisprudential vision of profiting from the Internet in its various types and methods.

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Geographical Distribution Of Workers In Social Care Units In Iraq, Athraa Abed Hamad Dec 2023

Geographical Distribution Of Workers In Social Care Units In Iraq, Athraa Abed Hamad

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study discusses the geographical analysis of workers and social welfare units in Iraq for the year 2020. The research followed the descriptive and analytical approach and the use of the quantitative method in scientific research based on the data of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation.

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Blood Engulfs The Green Earth”: An Ecocritical Reading Of Rasha Fadhlil’S Ishtar In Baghdad And Amy Merrill’S In The Reeds, Maysoon Taher Muhi Dec 2023

Blood Engulfs The Green Earth”: An Ecocritical Reading Of Rasha Fadhlil’S Ishtar In Baghdad And Amy Merrill’S In The Reeds, Maysoon Taher Muhi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

In recent times, ecological studies have increasingly been employed to promote environmental awareness across various disciplines and regions worldwide. This paper specifically focuses on the repercussions of war and political violence on Iraq's ecology, which has been greatly impacted by conflict. Two noteworthy plays, Ishtar in Baghdad by Iraqi writer Rasha Fadhlil and In the Reeds by American writer Amy Merrill, shed light on this topic. Both plays, which primarily center on Iraq, underscore that those who fail to appreciate and value human life cannot possibly regard nonhuman entities with reverence. Fadhlil effectively employs elements from Mesopotamian mythology to draw …

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Cultural Violence In Saki’S “The Toys Of Peace” And Ahmed Al-Malik’S “The Tank”, Maha Qahtan Sulaiman Dec 2023

Cultural Violence In Saki’S “The Toys Of Peace” And Ahmed Al-Malik’S “The Tank”, Maha Qahtan Sulaiman

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Violence cannot be separated from human culture, civilization, and ideology. Ironically, it is society that creates the borders of legal and illegal violence. Therefore, violence is culturally relevant. This paper examines the culture of violence in Saki’s “The Toys of Peace” and Ahmed Al-Malik’s “The Tank.” The two short stories are set in entirely different backgrounds and address violence in relation to children’s and adults’ lives, respectively. The study aims to examine violence in relation to culture and man’s primitive instincts. It also addresses controlling violence through education, promoting peace, and encouraging refined codes of conduct. The paper juxtaposes violence …

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The Power Of Eponyms: Exploring Cultural And Social Factors In Their Adoption And Popularization, Sawsan A. Qasim Dec 2023

The Power Of Eponyms: Exploring Cultural And Social Factors In Their Adoption And Popularization, Sawsan A. Qasim

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The aim of this article is to investigate eponyms, which are not just linguistic phenomena but also cultural since they demonstrate one's influence on society and history. Words formed from a person's name, such as "volt" from Alessandro Volta and "sandwich" from John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, are examples of eponyms. Eponyms can be used to honor prominent persons, such as scientists, innovators, or well-known figures. They also demonstrate how society prioritizes specific accomplishments or attributes, as in the situations of “Fahrenheit” and “Celsius,” which are named after two pioneering scientists in the field of temperature measurement. Eponyms may …

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The Use Of Literature At The University Level : Observing Literature Specialists In Their Efl Classes, Mohammed Jasim Betti, Safaa Abbas Noor Al Yasiri Dec 2023

The Use Of Literature At The University Level : Observing Literature Specialists In Their Efl Classes, Mohammed Jasim Betti, Safaa Abbas Noor Al Yasiri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Literature is always used for students to communicate with others, by sharing their thoughts and feelings about the literary text being analyzed by the literature specialists. This study observed literature specialists in their EFL classes. It addresses the following questions: Can literature be used for developing both language and literature areas, and What are the areas of language and literature developed by the use of literature?

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The Social Effects Of The Corona Pandemic, With Special Reference To Iraq, A Study In Political Geography, Maan Husseen Abdullah Dec 2023

The Social Effects Of The Corona Pandemic, With Special Reference To Iraq, A Study In Political Geography, Maan Husseen Abdullah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The Corona pandemic is one of the most prominent geopolitical changes that occurred in Iraqi society and greatly affected the increase in social problems, which resulted in serious repercussions on society and the individual, which threatens social security and a serious indicator indicating that society is suffering from a real crisis in its societal fields, as the Corona pandemic contributed to Many of the geopolitical effects were the high rates of divorce, begging, poor social justice, as well as the increase in the rates of violence in all its forms, physical and verbal violence, crime, and unemployment. in all its …

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The Role Of Heavy Industries In Determining The Directions Of The Area Expansion Of The City Of Samawah - Samawah Cement Factory As A Model, Yahia Abd Al- Hassen Flyeh Dec 2023

The Role Of Heavy Industries In Determining The Directions Of The Area Expansion Of The City Of Samawah - Samawah Cement Factory As A Model, Yahia Abd Al- Hassen Flyeh

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

There are many and varied determinants of the urban expansion of the city, including natural and human ones. The city of Samawah is one of the cities whose growth is determined in certain directions and extended towards other directions. Samawah Cement Factory played a role in defining the directions of urban expansion of the city towards the southeast direction, which prompted the city to expand towards the north, northwest and south directions to compensate for the narrow space in the southeast.

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Golding’S Lord Of The Flies As A Symbolic Novel, Mushtaq Awad Jabbar, Omar R. Marzah, Ali Hasan Abed Dec 2023

Golding’S Lord Of The Flies As A Symbolic Novel, Mushtaq Awad Jabbar, Omar R. Marzah, Ali Hasan Abed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Golding's Lord of the Flies is full of symbolism. Every object or character in this novel has a symbolic meaning. Golding uses symbolism to send his message regarding his main themes in this novel like savagery and violence through recognizable symbolic characters such as Ralph, piggy, Jack and other boys in the island. The author employs many characters in the novel to have a notable symbolic meaning, symbolism within objects like the conch shell, the glasses, the fire, shelters and rocks. Symbolism within animals like a pig; The main purpose of this article is to find out the symbolism in …

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Spatial Analysis Of Autism Patients In Baghdad Governorate For The Year 2023, Daniel Mohsen Bashar Dec 2023

Spatial Analysis Of Autism Patients In Baghdad Governorate For The Year 2023, Daniel Mohsen Bashar

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The term autism disorder is considered relatively recent and was used at the beginning by psychologists and psychiatrists, including the Swiss psychiatrist Eigen Bleuler in 1911, when he used it to describe people who are isolated from the outside world and withdrawn from social life. As well as studying the demographic characteristics of autistic patients and studying their causes (such as genetic, hereditary, environmental, electronic devices and drugs) and methods of treatment such as treatment (behavioral, educational, family and medication) and the most important problems that suffer from the sufferers and their families. The causes of autism were studied statistically …

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Approaches To The Translated Kurdish Poetic Text (Collective Space Of Repetition), Hazim Hashim Minkhi Dec 2023

Approaches To The Translated Kurdish Poetic Text (Collective Space Of Repetition), Hazim Hashim Minkhi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study revealed to us in this research, which is described as (Sarkoon Boulos ... and the prose poem, a vision and conclusion) on the most important sources of the prose poem in Sargon Boulos’s poetry, an attempt to identify the sources and merits of his poetic texts (prose) and the mechanisms employed by the poet. Between the recall of childhood and the dialogue of the ego, and between realistic and imaginary imagination, and between legend and myth, with which he supported his poetic experience and pollinated his intellectual visions with it.

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Book Review: Nastanak Republike Srpske: Od Regionalizacije Do Strateških Ciljeva (1991–1992), Omer Merzić Dec 2023

Book Review: Nastanak Republike Srpske: Od Regionalizacije Do Strateških Ciljeva (1991–1992), Omer Merzić

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

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Mr. Thomas Mikell Dec 2023

Mr. Thomas Mikell

African American Funeral Programs

Mr_Thomas_Mikell.pdf - Funeral program for Mr. Thomas Mikell

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Building Social Media Literacy In The Russian Language Classroom, Kelly Knickmeier Cummings Dec 2023

Building Social Media Literacy In The Russian Language Classroom, Kelly Knickmeier Cummings

Russian Language Journal

This article presents ways to teach media literacy (ML) skills in Russian language classrooms with particular focus on developing proficiencies to navigate social media (SM) where information disorder is a critical concern. Because of its numerous configurations and applications, SM is understood broadly as “the creation and exchange of user-generated content.” After outlining critical concerns surrounding SM use, the discussion focuses on three conditions that affect the development of ML skills when trying to engage meaningfully online: cognitive vulnerabilities, unreliable narrators, and populist rhetoric. Developing an awareness of how these three conditions on SM impact decision-making and behavior online equips …

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Russian Authoritarian Discourse Of The 20th And 21st Centuries As A Subject Of Study In The University Classroom, Yulia Denisova Dec 2023

Russian Authoritarian Discourse Of The 20th And 21st Centuries As A Subject Of Study In The University Classroom, Yulia Denisova

Russian Language Journal

The ability of students to recognize and interpret various forms of propagandist speech within the context of authoritarian discourse is crucial for effective information literacy education. This article emphasizes the need to introduce a specialized section within university courses on Russian cultural history for foreign students learning Russian. We propose naming this section “Russian Authoritarian Discourse: Features of Propaganda Language.” Focusing on the relationship between language and social structures and exploring the typology of linguistic situations shaped by social factors, the proposed section is grounded in a sociolinguistic approach. The article presents practical tools for analyzing real-life and immediately relevant …

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Teaching Critical Media Literacy In An Advanced-Level Classroom Through The Eyes Of Journalism As A Profession, Alexandra Shapiro Dec 2023

Teaching Critical Media Literacy In An Advanced-Level Classroom Through The Eyes Of Journalism As A Profession, Alexandra Shapiro

Russian Language Journal

This paper presents an approach to promoting social media literacy in a Russian language class. The instruction was conducted within a university setting for Flagship students in their third year of Russian studies. The course focused on teaching professional Russian to students at the Intermediate Mid to Advanced levels. It is modular and covers several topics, including journalism, law, and human rights, among others. The overall aim of the course was to help students develop critical thinking skills, expose them to Russian language and culture, and enable them to stay informed about current events while discussing a wide range of …

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Critical Language Pedagogy In The Classroom: The Tv Talk Show '60 Minutes' As A 'Lesson' On Russian Propaganda, Eva Binder, Magdalena Kaltseis Dec 2023

Critical Language Pedagogy In The Classroom: The Tv Talk Show '60 Minutes' As A 'Lesson' On Russian Propaganda, Eva Binder, Magdalena Kaltseis

Russian Language Journal

This article examines the TV talk show 60 Minutes—one of the main pillars of Russian television propaganda. Since its launch in 2016 on Russia-1, the show has placed the defamation of Ukraine and the promotion of anti-Western, conservative values as Russia’s proclaimed national and international mission at the top of its agenda. Consequently, this talk show is of particular interest for studying and analyzing political propaganda in contemporary Russian mass media. In this article, we focus on a short segment from a 2020 broadcast of 60 Minutes titled “The Limits of Tolerance” and propose ways to integrate it into …

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Book Review: Task-Based Instruction For Teaching Russian As A Foreign Language, Izolda Savenkova Dec 2023

Book Review: Task-Based Instruction For Teaching Russian As A Foreign Language, Izolda Savenkova

Russian Language Journal

Svetlana V. Nuss' and Wendy Whitehead Martelle's (editors) Task-Based Instruction for Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language stands as an invaluable resource, offering task-based practices beneficial for both novice and experienced instructors of Russian as a second and foreign language. The contributing authors provide excellent examples of classroom activities supplemented with suggestions on how to design task-based syllabi. It is noteworthy that the team of authors is extraordinarily diverse, encompassing educators from various kinds of educational institutions and engaged in different language teaching formats. This work is of great interest not only to practical teachers, but also to researchers in …

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Book Review: Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course For Beginners, Liz Ewaskio Dec 2023

Book Review: Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course For Beginners, Liz Ewaskio

Russian Language Journal

Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course for Beginners, now in its fifth edition, has been updated to reflect the diversity of the Russophone world, including modernized language, as well as new characters (whose storylines run through the textbook) “to highlight the diversity of speakers of Russian, both within Russia and beyond” (p. xi). Part of Routledge’s Colloquial Series, this traditional textbook is intended for adult learners and students working on their own or with an instructor. Colloquial Russian is designed to bring students up to the GCSE level (the British equivalent of the American GED) and includes advanced-level grammar, such …

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Book Review: Любимые Советские Фильмы На Уроке Рки, Ekaterina Talalakina Dec 2023

Book Review: Любимые Советские Фильмы На Уроке Рки, Ekaterina Talalakina

Russian Language Journal

Любимые советские фильмы на уроке РКИ is the perfect example of the material for the linguo-cultural approach to language learning. The book is designed for Russian as foreign language students at the Advanced Low level of language proficiency and above. The book is built around the exploration of ten popular Soviet movies in the entertainment genre. Each movie is covered in a separate chapter, including the necessary language and culture-related details to promote language acquisition and facilitate comprehension of the cultural references.

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Teaching Media Literacy Through Narrative In An Advanced Russian Listening Course, Karen Evans-Romaine Dec 2023

Teaching Media Literacy Through Narrative In An Advanced Russian Listening Course, Karen Evans-Romaine

Russian Language Journal

Teaching information and media literacy has become more important than ever before. This article will describe how students of Russian at the Intermediate High through Advanced levels acquire information and media literacy through narratives in a course focused on development of listening and speaking skills through the Advanced proficiency spectrum. The course, designed for undergraduate students from a variety of majors in a Russian Flagship program and for graduate students from various disciplines, enables students to develop listening comprehension and speaking skills at the Advanced level through narratives. In addition, the course teaches students how to analyze and formulate arguments, …

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In Theory: Дезинформация, Sidney Eric Dement Dec 2023

In Theory: Дезинформация, Sidney Eric Dement

Russian Language Journal

This essay explains the debates and theoretical insights of the emerging transdisciplinary field of Disinformation Studies as a potential set of tools for designing and implementing curricula that include new media or other discussions of propaganda and censorship in the Russian language classroom. I argue that the terminology elucidated in Disinformation Studies can provide both an engaging lesson in Russian language as well as a pedagogically strategic focus on concepts that can motivate students to continue the study of Russian language and Russia-related disciplines. Section 2 provides a summary overview of representative works in the field of Disinformation Studies that …

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