Bassem Youssef

A photo illustration of Bassem Youssef performing.

Bassem Youssef Thinks Jon Stewart Is Wrong

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.

Matt Wilstein

Bassem Youssef attends the 23rd Annual Mark Twain Prize For American Humor at The Kennedy Center on April 24, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Gunn: Youssef Was Cut From ‘Superman’ Before Israel Remarks

The comedian questioned the timing of his removal from the film, noting it came after he spoke out in support of Palestine.

Edith Olmsted

Bassem Youssef appears on Piers Morgan’s show to discuss Israel-Hamas war.

‘HOW F*CKING CUTE!’

Bassem Youssef to Piers Morgan: You Compared Israel to ISIS!

“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.

Justin Baragona

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CAUTIONARY TALE

Bassem Youssef: Trump Wants to Turn America Into Egypt

‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ on his new documentary, ‘Tickling Giants,’ and starting over as a Muslim immigrant in the United States.

Matt Wilstein

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The Muslim Host Taking on Trumpsters

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.

Marlow Stern

Too Cool for School

Comic, Dissident, Harvard Professor

At the hallowed Kennedy School of Government, students are flocking to a satirist’s lectures.

Nancy A. Youssef