distinguished group and i will begin at my far right with shadi hamid, director of research for the brookings dohaenter. he is visiting us from catarrh and we're lucky to have him here. to my immediate right is an old friend, hisham fahmy. a distinguished egyptian diplomat actually. who has had a long career with the american egyptian chamber of commerce in egypt which is the business association. to my immediate left is kackie kameel, managing director of the nahdet el mahrousa foundation, leading civil society organization in egypt. her left is awais sufi, vice president of the international youth foundation. another of the co-sponsors of this event and finally at the far end of the table is awais sufi -- sorry. is amira maaty, program officer for the middle east and north africa and the national endowment for democracy. quite a range of expertise and interest on the panel. we begin with asking each of the panelists to make five minutes of remarks according to their own interests and themes. let me begin with kackie kameel to my immediate left. >> i will speak about the expectations of civil soc

i'll begin at my far right with shadi hamid who is the director of research for the brookings doha center in qatar. he's quitting us -- visiting us from qatar. sitting to my right is is -- wee thinking of the diplomat actually who has had a long career which is the modern leading business associations in the country. to my immediate left, jackie kameel who is the director of the civil society in egypt. to her left is awais sufi, and finally at the far end of the table is awais sufi who is -- sorry, amira maaty who is in the international endowment for democracy. quite a range of expertise and interest on the panel. we'll begin with asking each of the panelist to make five minutes of remarks according to their own interest and themes. let me begin then with jackie kameel to my immediate left. >> hi, everyone. i speak about expectations of the civil society and the needs that would actually help us do a better job in the new egypt. so basically the role of the civil society is for me is identifying gaps and issues and trying to come up with solutions to help close the gaps or sort them. for