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Youssef not only captured his nations dissent but stamped it with his own brand of humorous political criticism, in. Apr 02, 2017 bassem youssef, often referred to as the jon stewart of egypt, became a hero to egyptians during and after the arab spring swept his nation. Mar 21, 2017 bassem youssefs incendiary satirical news program, albernameg the program, chronicled the events of the 2011 egyptian revolution, the fall of president hosni mubarak, and the rise of mubaraks successor, mohamed morsi. Bassem youssef, egypts jon stewart, is off the air.
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Bassem tamimi is a palestinian activist best known for using children, including his own, to confront israeli soldiers in the hope of creating viral video and photo images. Bassem youssefs elbernameg gone for good politics egypt. Here are the jokes that got bassem youssef, the jon. In the united states, bassem youssef is usually called the jon stewart of egypt. The show was hosted by bassem youssef on the freetoair channel mbc masr and reruns are aired on deutsche welle. He talks to nprs lulu garcianavarro about his new book, revolution for dummies.
Sep 07, 2011 bassem youssef has become one of egypts first youtube sensations. Bassem youssef the daily show with jon stewart video. Laughing through the arab spring by bassem youssef 176 views 0 people liked it. Feb 03, 2016 lovehimorhatehim egyptian comedian bassem youssef is set to debut a new 10episode series in partnership with american cable network fusions online arm, fdigital. A day before the taping, bassem s writers are busy and bewildered. They killed our electric guitars and, if not for the good people weeping all wed hear is the sounds of our horses dying but im not bout to start crying about it it must. Television satirist bassem youssef announced today that his program albernameg has come to an end, citing threats to his safety and that of the production team among the reasons for the decision. Buy bassem youssef tickets from the official ticketmaster. Egyptian surgeonturnedcomedian bassem youssef, who hosts an arabic.
In egypt, 30 million tuned in each week to watch albernameg the show, bassem youssefs groundbreaking satirical news program for comparison, the. Constant intractable madness the daily show with jon. Bassem youssef was a surgeon when the arab spring came to egypt and he discovered a knack for cutting comedy. Bassem youssef is often compared to jon stewart as a political satirist. Albernameg, the arab worlds most watched television program was halted before the elections and was sc. Im very worried that people will say the show has someone not american talking about american issues or back home people thinking oh this joke was directed at us, youssef told mashable. Bassem youssef announced on 2 june 2014 that the show was. Al bernameg and bassem youssef had just returned to tv on october 25th after a threemonth break. He no longer lives in egypt, but, he said recently, i guess the rest of the comparison holds true, because now. Bassem began his presentation on youtube on march 8, 2011, with more than 108 episodes of the program. Egypts tv satirist returns to mock the military bbc news. Jun 02, 2014 bassem youssef, egypts jon stewart, is off the air. His insights into the kind of populism that led to a religious dictatorship, followed by the current military dictatorship under sissi.
Nov 04, 2017 bassem youssef was a surgeon when the arab spring came to egypt and he discovered a knack for cutting comedy. This is the controversial first and only episode of the 3rd season for bassem youssefs popular political satire show, albernameg. Al bernameg, the arab worlds most watched television program was halted before the elections and was sc. He was dubbed the jon stewart of egypt and he pissed off enough people to get kicked out of his country. The channel announced in a statement read by tv anchor khairy.
And this is the key, this is the whole key, if you lose faith in what you do, all of this doesnt mean anything. Mar 31, 2017 bassem youssef in tickling giants b assem youssef is the egyptian surgeon turned tv satirist who in 2011 became a youtube celebrity with his homemade broadcasts about cairos tahrir square and. Bassem youssef brings his satirical history of the middle. Bassem youssef, egypts jon stewart, is off the air the. Youssef is renowned for regularly grilling the countrys ruling islamists on his wildly popular weekly program, albernameg the show, which is modeled on jon stewarts u. Egyptian satirist bassem youssef finds his popularity is directly proportional to the egyptian governments rage level. Once a heart surgeon who filmed youtube skits in the laundry room of his home. Now hes bringing his brand of satire to the inaugural festival of arabic music and. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Documentary on bassem youssef s effort to do political satire gets metro detroit premiere at freep film festival. Satirist bassem youssef announces the end of albernameg. Lovehimorhatehim egyptian comedian bassem youssef is set to debut a new 10episode series in partnership with american cable network fusions online arm, fdigital. This piece was updated on april 20, 20 to clarify the translation of episode 15, part 2, 11. Bassem youssef talks to arthur kade about tickling giants full interview english interviews bassem youssef preparing america with revolution for dummies extended interview.
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