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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.

~Bassem Youssef

Topics: Anytime Back Egypt Go Leave Think Want I Think I Can

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I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label - make me laugh. I want to make you think.

~Bassem Youssef

Topics: Comedian Label Laugh Make Make Me Laugh Me Myself Never Think Thought Want You

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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.

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My show in Egypt was called, 'The Show,' or, 'Al Bernameg' in Arabic. Basically, it was a political satire show. It started on Internet by three, four-minute episodes, and then it evolved into a live show in a theater, which was something that was unprecedented in the Arab world.

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When we overthrew Mubarak, we did this in 18 days. And because we were very naive and very unexperienced in revolutions, we thought that that was it. It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days. So we were very naive.

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Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And 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

Topics: Amazing Arab Before Cinema Comedy Countries Decades East Egypt Egyptian Ever Got Had Hollywood Independence Just Kind Like Maybe Mean Middle Middle East Movies Old Other Our Theater Tradition Very

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I didn't invent satire. I didn't come up with it. And it will continue to be a very powerful tool to disrupt political taboos and social taboos and religious taboos, because those taboos are always used to control and to curb people's way of creativity and thinking, by making them feel guilty because they want to make a change.

~Bassem Youssef

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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.

~Bassem Youssef

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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

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The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

~Bassem Youssef

Topics: Become Bigger Celebrity Change Expectations Fame Make People Pressure Quite Say Target Toxic Want You

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Entertainer

Born: March 22nd, 1974

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