by Mahmud El Shafey | Feb 22, 2014 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Controversial Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has put forward the strongest criticism yet of the military-backed interim authorities since the return of his popular show, Albernameg, three weeks ago, directly and explicitly stating his...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2014 | Media
Cairo, AP—Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s most popular satirist who is often compared to US comedian Jon Stewart, says his team is preparing to bring back their widely viewed television show poking fun at politics in a country still beset by turmoil following a July...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 5, 2013 | Media
Cairo, AP—Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef said Wednesday that he’ll take the military and the government at their word that they were not behind the decision to take his weekly television program off the air, but he said it still doesn’t make them...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion
Comedy can predict the future and be bitterly critical. On the same day Jon Stewart, the US satirist and TV host, told us on Bassem Youssef’s Albernameg television show that Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has appointed him as the governor of Luxor and that he...
