Bassem Youssef: Egypt's Jon Stewart on Palestine, the press and Piers Morgan

In 2011 Bassem Youssef was a little-known heart surgeon in Cairo.
A year later, he was hosting his own political satire TV show,
Al-Bernameg, drawing in 30 million weekly viewers as he made fun
of the Egyptian regime. Bassem's comedy was groundbreaking but it
proved too controversial to remain on air. In 2014 he was forced
to move to United States, where he has since had to work to
re-establish his career in a new language. Now, he's back in the
news thanks to an explosive interview with Piers Morgan on the
conflict in Gaza, which went viral.


Tickets for his latest tour, The Middle Beast, are available at
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