The Future Of Egyptian Media, the Bitcoin Bubble, and More
After the arrest (and release) of Bassem Youssef, OTM looks back on a trip on a 2011 trip to Egypt and forward to the future of independent Egyptian media. Also: the song remains the same in North...
View ArticleThe State of The Media in Egypt
Two years ago OTM traveled to Cairo to report on the post-revolution Egyptian media. This week, in the aftermath of the Bassem Youssef arrest, Brooke looks back on her interview with Bassem in 2011 and...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: Bassem Youssef on Being inspired by Jon Stewart
If you've been missing Jon Stewart since he went on break from "The Daily Show," then check out this video of Jon appearing as a guest last week on Bassem Youssef's show "Al Bernameg," an Egyptian...
View ArticleHow’s the revolution going? Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef answers...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: But, first, last week marked five years since longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was removed from power after the so-called 18 days of revolution.But...
View Article#21 Phoebe and Bassem Youssef Complain About Everything
The satirist stops in to wax intellectual about the Egyptian Revolution, the universal threat of dictatorship and Islamophobia. Plus, Joanna calls Nerf!Watch this video of Fusion's Democracy Handbook...
View ArticleBassem Youssef on Dictators, Revolution and Democracy
Bassem Youssef, former host of “Al-bernameg,” a one-of-a-kind Middle Eastern political satire show, from 2011 until the show was terminated by the Egyptian government in 2014. He’s now the host of “The...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Mo Amer Meets a Trump, Bassem Youssef on Revolution,...
Hear three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Mo Amer Meets a Trump (First) | Bassem Youssef on Revolution (Starts at 18:38) | How Google Became Google (Starts at 36:35)If...
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