Bassem Youssef, ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ Talks Return to Arab TV, U.S. Projects (EXCLUSIVE)
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variety.comNick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgyptian heart surgeon-turned-satirist Bassem Youssef left Egypt in 2014 and relocated to the U.S.
after his megahit show “El Bernameg” (“The Program”), on which he snarked at top pols of all stripes, became too dangerous to produce under the country’s current president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.Youssef has since kept busy stateside.
But he recently returned to Arab TV with “Ask Bassem,” a non-political, yet revolutionary, show in which viewers meet with guests who learned how to use a plant-based diet to treat their illnesses.
At the end of its 20-episode run, Youssef spoke to Variety about being back in front of Arab audiences and what he’s got in the pipeline in the U.S.
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