I think by the time I left Egypt, there was about like 400 accusations against me in the drawer of the public persecutor office. It's a way for them to exhaust you, to push you, to put you under pressure, to distract you.
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
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
People would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial. - Bassem Youssef
People would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial.
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
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…
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
It is very depressing to see that in the 21st century people are still using the same 1950s and '60s style of propaganda.
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
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.
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
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.
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
Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.
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 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…
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
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…
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