i'll say that i first saw him myself or met him once before, i saw news hour with jim lehr and was very impressed with what he had to say. next associate professor of political science at the university of massachusetts amherst. we heard from jillian earlier in an extraordinarily good question, which led to i thought some reflective and interesting answers. her academic interest include political culture, protest and policing in jordan, neoliberalism, identity publics. this is my favorite, contentious politics. where is there politics that is not -- and state repression. professor has received awards in fellowships from the social science research council, the fulbright foundation, overseas research centers and the american institute for yemeni studies. she's conducted wide ranging field research in egypt, jordan and yemen and has traveled extensively throughout the region. finally last but at at all least, sam a research fellow at the hudson institute. he was a senior partner at the egyptian union of liberal youth. an organization that aims to spread the idea of classical liberalism in