Ramy Youssef Discovers Himself
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Stand-up comedian and actor Ramy Youssef talks about creating his new Hulu series ‘Ramy’ and what it’s like to be young and Muslim in the comedy world right now. He also discusses his New Jersey adolescence in the shadow of 9/11, how his Egyptian immigrant father ended up working for Donald Trump and a lot more.
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| 0:28.4 | beauty hey uh my name is rami Yousaf, and I'm Muslim. |
| 0:42.3 | Like, yeah, yeah, like, uh, like from the news. |
| 0:48.3 | Have you guys seen our show? |
| 0:51.3 | Fox News or any of the news is really, they're all about us. I get why people are |
| 0:57.4 | afraid. I do, especially if you don't know a Muslim, of course. I mean, even sometimes if I watch |
| 1:02.9 | for too long, I'm like, whoa, am I going to do something? They make it seem inevitable. |
| 1:12.0 | I feel like no matter what I do, I'm just going to turn 30 and get a Hogwarts letter from ISIS. |
| 1:22.1 | Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh. |
| 1:24.7 | My name's Matt Wilstein and I'm a senior writer at The Daily Beast. |
| 1:28.0 | On today's show, one of my favorite stand-up comedians working right now, Rami Yusif. |
| 1:33.2 | This Friday, April 19th, Hulu will start streaming his new 10-episode series Rami. |
| 1:39.1 | I've seen the whole thing, and I can tell you that it is really worth your time. It's not only very funny, but also has |
| 1:44.9 | so much to say about what it's like to be a young Muslim living in America right now. |
| 1:50.0 | Rami and I talked about how the show came together, the importance of Muslim representation |
| 1:53.9 | and comedy, and so much more. I think you'll really enjoy this episode, so I won't waste |
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