Bassem Youssef

In Cairo, Egypt’s ‘Jon Stewart’ hosts … Jon Stewart
Egypt

In Cairo, Egypt’s ‘Jon Stewart’ hosts … Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart took his politically engaged American satire to Cairo on Friday, appearing on a show hosted by the man…
CBC owner, director to be interrogated in Bassem Youssef case
Egypt

CBC owner, director to be interrogated in Bassem Youssef case

The owner and executive director of the private satellite TV channel CBC will be interrogated by the public prosecutor’s office…
Bassem Youssef faces new probe for ‘insulting Pakistan’
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Bassem Youssef faces new probe for ‘insulting Pakistan’

The Public Prosecution is probing new complaints against popular satirist Bassem Youssef, this time for "insulting Pakistan" and "spreading atheism,"…
Lawsuit to halt Bassem Youssef’s show dismissed
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Lawsuit to halt Bassem Youssef’s show dismissed

The Cairo Administrative Court dismissed Saturday a lawsuit demanding that Bassem Youssef’s show be banned. The court based its decision…
Thursday’s papers: Some are luckier than others
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Thursday’s papers: Some are luckier than others

Al-Ahram newspaper declares that both Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah and Prime minister Hesham Qandil will remain in office. Both have…
Update: Presidency changes mind, admits to tweet critical of US Embassy
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Update: Presidency changes mind, admits to tweet critical of US Embassy

The president's office retracted an earlier statement denying that it had sent an angry tweet to the US Embassy after…
American Embassy’s Twitter back up, Daily Show video deleted
Egypt

American Embassy’s Twitter back up, Daily Show video deleted

  The US Embassy’s Twitter page was put back online on Wednesday evening, after the US Ambassador made a temporary…
Analysts argue silencing of free voices detrimental to regime
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Analysts argue silencing of free voices detrimental to regime

The regime’s attempts to silence local satirist Bassem Youssef, often described as the Egyptian Jon Stewart, landed President Mohamed Morsy…
Bassem Youssef comes after Morsy in Twitter’s million followers club
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Bassem Youssef comes after Morsy in Twitter’s million followers club

Popular Current Chief Hamdeen Sabbahi and Egypt Freedom Party Chief Amr Hamzawy have reached more than one million followers on…
Stand-up comedian released after interrogation
Egypt

Stand-up comedian released after interrogation

The Public Prosecution on Wednesday released stand-up comedian Ali Kandeel on LE5,000 bail after hearing testimony from him on charges…
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