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A picture taken on January 22, 2013 shows Egyptians walking past posters of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef outside a theatre in Cairo. (AFP)

Bassem Youssef’s Al-Barnameg back in February

by Mahmud El Shafey | Dec 23, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef and his controversial Al-Barnameg TV program are set to return to Egyptian television screens in February 2014, according to his father Judge Ra’fat Youssef. The third series of Bassem Youssef’s hit weekly...

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A file picture taken on May 15, 2013, shows Egyptian satirist and television host Bassem Youssef gesturing during the annual Arab Media Forum in Dubai. (AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB)

Egypt satirist says show’s suspension wasn’t nice

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...

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File photo—In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart, waves to his supporters as he enters Egypt’s state prosecutors office to face charges for allegedly insulting Islam and the country’s leader, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

4 foreign journalists get Press Freedom Awards

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 27, 2013 | Media

New York, AP—Four foreign journalists were honored with Press Freedom Awards Tuesday evening recognizing their work in the face of severe reprisals, including physical threats and imprisonment. The Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press...

Opinion: Why Hezbollah is scared of satire

by Diana Moukalled | Nov 21, 2013 | Opinion

A satirical Lebanese show that poked fun at Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah last week angered many Lebanese people, so they blocked some roads in protest. This is not the first time such a manifestation of popular anger has occurred. It has happened...

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In this Saturday Dec. 8, 2012, file photo, Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef addresses attendants at a gala dinner party in Cairo, Egypt. (AP)

Bassem Youssef controversy continues in court

by Mahmud El Shafey | Nov 20, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bassem Youssef is a name that has been generating a lot of controversy over the past few weeks. On this occasion, however, the controversy is not over the broadcast of his popular satirical program, Al-Barnameg, but rather CBC TV’s...