Search results
- In the midst of the Egyptian Arab Spring, Bassem Youssef makes a decision that's every mother's worst nightmare... He leaves his job as a heart surgeon to become a full--time comedian. Dubbed, "The Egyptian Jon Stewart", Bassem creates the satirical show, Al Bernameg.
tv.apple.com › us › movie
Mar 19, 2015 · The following day Jon Stewart announced his imminent departure from the show, raising substantial speculation from Youssef’s fans on Twitter as to whether he may the one to replace Stewart.
- Contributor
- Laura Turner Garrison
- 33 min
May 25, 2018 · Youssef, often called “the Jon Stewart of Egypt,” hosted Al Bernameg, a wildly popular late night comedy show that launched in 2011 in the wake of the Arab Spring.
- Matthew Carey
Mar 25, 2017 · A documentary about Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt (until the regime clamped down), is an ebullient ode to freedom.
Tickling Giants is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Sara Taksler, about the story of Bassem Youssef, who, in the midst of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, left his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian. Dubbed "The Egyptian Jon Stewart ," Bassem creates the satirical show Al Bernameg.
May 11, 2016 · Her documentary Tickling Giants, which premiered last month at the Tribeca Film Festival, seeks to show how Youssef is so much more than an Egyptian Jon Stewart.
Apr 10, 2017 · Taksler, a senior producer at The Daily Show, first met Youssef in June 2012 when he appeared as a guest on Jon Stewart’s program. Youssef’s TV series was not yet on the air, but he was already a cult figure among Middle Eastern audiences since the wake of Arab Spring 2011.
Mar 31, 2017 · As Bassem Youssef walks through a crowd of peaceful protesters in Cairo in early scenes from "Tickling Giants," he talks easily with fans who recognize him and cracks a few jokes.
