Prospects for democracy in Arab world to be topic of Tuesday Newsmaker at 10 a.m.

Radwan Masmoudi, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, will speak at an National Press Club Newsmaker news conference Tuesday, March 20, on the topic, "Will Democracy Succeed in the Arab World? Tunisia As a Model.” The event will begin at 10 a.m.

Masmoudi recently returned from two months in the Middle East. He visited his native Tunisia and conducted workshops in Egypt, Jordan and Algeria.