People would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial.

- Bassem Youssef

It is very depressing to see that in the 21st century people are still using the same 1950s and '60s style of propaganda.

- Bassem Youssef

Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.

- Bassem Youssef

There are people who believe in Egypt that I - I'm actually - I'm getting paid by external powers and external intelligence entities in order to use …

- Bassem Youssef

The worst thing ever that you have to explain your joke because I was very disappointed trying to explain why the joke is funny for the interrogator.

- Bassem Youssef

Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.

- Bassem Youssef

I don't care about Donald Trump himself. I care and I worry about the very big base that supports him because this kind of language would have been a…

- Bassem Youssef

I think that the religious and the military right wings are just two sides of the same coin if somebody uses God and religion and somebody uses count…

- Bassem Youssef

What I saw day-to-day is like people who are actually asking for freedom, calling for freedom - protesting, singing, chanting, calling for the remova…

- Bassem Youssef