OBJECTIVES To test the psychometric properties of an adapted Arabic version of the state trait anxiety-form Y (STAI-Y) in Saudi adult dental patients.  METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the published Arabic version of the STAI-Y was evaluated by 2 experienced bilingual professionals for its compatibility with Saudi culture and revised prior to testing. Three hundred and eighty-seven pati...

generosity is the human nameaned sign that god has created him on the basis of them as says;' indeed we honored the children of adam provided them with means of transportation on land and sea; and also provided them lowful and pur sustenance and preferred them abovemany of our creatures'(esra,70). in this manner put him the best nobleman of his creatures. the keeping of human generosi...

intertextuality is an approach which is considered in modern criticism. arabic contemporary literature has derived a collection of modern concepts from western literature called tanas in arabic language. the intertextuality is applied to study literary texts more deeply and to access to their unmentioned. the holy quran text has an integral link with poems of many poets ;for example, ibrahim to...