![Opinion: Thank You, Bassem Youssef and Nadim Koteich](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bass2.jpg)
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A worker lifts curtains in a theater to reveal a picture of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef for his comic show “Al-Bernameg” (The Program), in Giza, Cairo, Jan. 15, 2013. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
![Opinion: Thank You, Bassem Youssef and Nadim Koteich](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bass2.jpg)
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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)
![Opinion: The Egyptian media’s one-way traffic](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jon.jpg)
Opinion: The Egyptian media’s one-way traffic
No one was surprised when an Egyptian TV anchor interrupted her guest to enthusiastically announce that the American people had begun to revolt against President Barack Obama. No one laughed when an Egyptian daily newspaper said that Obama has a stepbrother managing...Caption:
A man smokes a water pipe as he watches Jon Stewart on a TV screen at a coffee shop, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
![Debate: Satire has no place in traditional media](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/13718552600317867001-e1378222512905.jpg)
Debate: Satire has no place in traditional media
The number of satirical television shows is on the rise in the Arab world. These programs assume the responsibility of discussing issues of public concern, granting them a wide following among people who want to release the frustration and despair caused by the...Caption:
A worker lifts curtains in a theater to reveal a picture of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef for his comic show “Al-Bernameg” (The Program), in Giza, Cairo, Jan. 15, 2013. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
![Debate: Satire has a place in traditional media](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bass2.jpg)
Debate: Satire has a place in traditional media
I once wrote: “Traditional Arab media is the best defense lawyer for our enemies. . . . Whenever Arab media supports an issue, we always end up losers. If any Arab country’s TV or newspapers were to advocate the duty to love [our] mothers, for example, we would...Caption:
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](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jon.jpg)