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| Bassem Youssef has been called “the Jon Stewart of the Middle East”. On the seventh anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring he talks to The Economist’s award-winning cartoonist, KAL, about political satire and what it means for democracy.
Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.st/2GgGB8d Dr Bassem Yousef is a television comedian. He used satirical comedy to hold the authorities to account during the Egyptian revolution. Dr Bassem Yousef was a symbol of the promise of the Arab spring and of its ultimate failure. When demonstrations became in 2011, Dr Yousef quit his job as a heart surgeon to start a comedy show on YouTube. Bassem Youssef’s wit and satire poked fun at the hypocrisy of the state run media which tried to discredit the protests. And it quickly became a smash hit. Bassem Youssef was one man standing against the regime with no weapons but his jokes and it soon made him an enemy of the state. Daily Watch: mind-stretching short films throughout the working week. For more from Economist Films visit: http://econ.st/2Gh0g8g |
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