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Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

263: Bassem Youssef (Part 1 of 2)

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.7951 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Bassem Youssef, dubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab World, was the host of the popular tv show "Al Bernameg " which was the first political satire show in the middle east. Originally a 5-minute show on Youtube, Al Bernameg became the first show to transition from online to television in the Middle East and the most watched show across the region with 30 million viewers every week. Youssef is currently hosting a podcast called "Remade in America" presented by CAFE and available for download and streaming here: https://art19.com/shows/remade-in-america-with-bassem-youssef Recently, he released a book about his experience “Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring” where he gives different perspectives and insights on the Egyptian political scene through the Arab spring and after. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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If I got 10,000 views that would be great. First day, 100,000 and in less

1:29.3

than five weeks, 5 million. And at that time 5 million is a huge number 2011 with the kind of internet penetration we had to Egypt and then every single TV network are calling me wanting to bring me on their platform to do a show.

1:47.6

And as I'm in talks with these networks, the papers from Cleveland arrived telling me that like your

1:54.8

H1 visa is ready and you can come to the United States and the doctor is waiting

2:00.2

there and making that that decision was very hard because this is what I've been

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