The Secretariat of the Homeland Defenders Party (Ḥizb Ḥummāt al-Waṭan) of the Banī Sūwayf governorate has organized a national dialogue entitled: “National Dialogue for all Egyptians”, under the chairmanship of the councilor Ḥasan Jaʿfar. The economic subject of debate was the promotion of exports, their impact on the national economy, and their prospects and challenges. It was attended by the representatives of all political parties, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Armed Forces, public figures, the Church, and the Ministry of Awqāf. President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī had called for a dialogue such as this to be held in each of the 27 Egyptian governorates under the auspices of General Jalāl Harīdī, head of the Homeland Defenders Party. The president had organized this series of mass conferences in Egypt's governorates to discuss the public’s demands as part of the ongoing national dialogue, to hear their proposals in regard to all topics of debate upon which the dialogue is based, and to select and put forward what is most appropriate during the discussion sessions.