Bassem Youssef - The Egyptian Jon Stewart.

from Inside Out with Paul Mecurio · host Paul Mecurio

Bassem is a former surgeon who has an amazing story of having the guts to leave medicine to be part of a revolution. Hear how, through a satirical news show, he openly criticized and satirized the Egyptian government run by a dictator. He has compelling stories of threats and intimidation he and his family had to endure, how his TV show was shut down and he had to ultimately flee his homeland.

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