joining us today on the show are two very special guests, sister noor fekri is business owner and politics graduate with keen interest in west asia, use social media to shine light on religious and political events in a way that is accessible to the everyday person, and we are very honored to have joining us today in the studio dr. ali al kabani, who is an egyptian journalist based in london and former director general of the islamic press agency with a specialism in middle eastern affairs. salamu alalaikum to you both, thank you so much for joining us, doctor, if i can start with you, so let's set the scene a little bit, especially as an egyptian yourself, um, they egypt hasn't cut ties with. israel yet, um, you have cc who you know, constantly um makes comments about his time with the jewish community and how he grew up with them and normalizes those kind of links. "and then you've also got the people of egypt being suppressed from protest and on and it took weeks for the crossing even be opened. um, why, why has egypt taken this position? bismillahirrahmanirrahim, first we have to recog