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People walk across a street where Maspero, Egypt’s state tv and radio station is located in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013.
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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)


Egypt’s Jon Stewart Lands in Hot Water

Egypt’s Jon Stewart Lands in Hot Water

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian prosecutors questioned nationally famed satirist, Bassem Youssef, on alleged charges of “insulting President Mohamed Mursi, denigrating Islam and spreading false news with the aim of disrupting public order.” Youssef, originally a...