Finding humor in Egypt’s tragedy
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At the height of the Egyptian revolution, Bassem Youssef, a Cairo surgeon, regularly posted satirical YouTube videos, which he shot in a laundry room when he was off duty. When Egypt’s longtime dictator, Hosni Mubarak, was forced to resign, Yousef, buoyed by the new media openness made the leap to late night television. In 2012,…