"The Riddle of the Arab Spring"

"Riddle of the Arab Spring"

The "Riddle of the Arab Spring" is the topic of a discussion planned for January 29th  at RRUUC in Bethesda at 10:25am.   Lawrence de Bivort, PhD, a specialist in Arab and Muslim affairs, will explain the  daunting policy issues that the countries of the Arab Spring now face. He will talk about how to take the best of Islam and of “modern ideas” and meld them into a productive, moral, and just society. In Fall of 2011, de Bivort was sent by the U.S. government to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, where he carried out dozens of interviews on emerging political, economic, and social conditions and considered the changes needed for the success of  US policies and actions in the area.

The  "Arab Spring" discussion is part of RRUUC's ongoing program, "Coffee, Controversy, and Conversation."  It will be held in the Congregation's Fireside Room. River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, RRUUC,  is located at 6301 River Road (at Whittier), Bethesda, Md., 20817. The presentation is  free and open to the public.  The website: www.rruuc.org. The Congregation's  tel.# is 301-229-0400.