Bassem Youssef Quotes
I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
Youssef, Bassem. Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring. Dey Street Books, 2017.
Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance
This is the clause that many Palestinians point to as supporting their position that even thought most Arab refugees left Israel voluntarily, they had a right of return.
Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef is an Egyptian comedian, writer, producer, surgeon, doctor, media critic, and television host, who hosted El-Bernameg (The Show), a satirical news program, from 2011 to 2014. The press has compared Youssef with American comedian Jon Stewart, whose satire program The Daily Show inspired Youssef to begin his career. In 2013, he was named as one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by Time magazine. Youssef's current projects are Tickling Giants, The Democracy Handbook, and Revolution For Dummies.