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The comedian still known as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart” talks “The Daily Show,” his darkly funny face-off with Piers Morgan, and why it’s “too late” for Biden to win back Arab voters.
The comedian questioned the timing of his removal from the film, noting it came after he spoke out in support of Palestine.
“So my question to Ben Shapiro is, how many more sons of bitches do we need to kill so Ben Shapiro is happy?” Youssef rhetorically asked at one point.
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‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ on his new documentary, ‘Tickling Giants,’ and starting over as a Muslim immigrant in the United States.
He fled from his native Egypt after running afoul of the country’s censors, and now ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ is ready to take on the U.S.A.
At the hallowed Kennedy School of Government, students are flocking to a satirist’s lectures.
Bassem Youssef’s skewering of Egypt’s political leaders made him famous in the Arab world. Now, with the U.S.-backed regime there cracking down on dissent, he’s coming stateside.
The Egyptian president’s Twitter account lashed out in response to a tweet from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Vivian Salama and Mike Giglio report on the social media diplomatic incident.