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"Family Issues in Arabic World" topic of BYU panel March 31

March 22, 2005

The Arabic Club at Brigham Young University will host a panel discussion Thursday, March 31, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

The topic of the panel will be "Family Issues in the Arab World." The discussion will specifically focus on dating, types of marriage and personal perspectives.

Guest speakers include Bruce Chadwick and Abdullahi Gallab with the Sociology Department at BYU and Elaine Bond of the BYU College of Nursing.

For more information contact Ahmad M. Salah at the Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory at (801) 422-5846.

Writer: James McCoy

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