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Bassem Youssef

It’s kinda me and Jon Stewart have a pact together – so he’s making me famous in the Western world and I’m making him famous in Egypt!

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

Part of the reason why people get radicalized is because they feel they are disenfranchised; that they not there; that they are bullied. But if they are represented, they can’t go and say to themselves: ‘Oh, this society hates us!’

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

Islam’s not just about covering your hair. It’s about how you treat other people.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight – that could be a good name for a superhero.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

When we overthrew Mubarak, we did this in 18 days. And because we were very naive and very unexperienced in revolutions, we thought that that was it. It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days. So we were very naive.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and ’60s. But that doesn’t work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what’s happening in the world.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label – make me laugh. I want to make you think.

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Bassem Youssef

We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy… We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I’m inviting us to laugh with us – and all the misconceptions.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that’s overrated.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.

– Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef

We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.

– Bassem Youssef

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