A biography for Bassem Youssefhasn’t been written yet.
“A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.”
“This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.”
“It's kinda me and Jon Stewart have a pact together - so he's making me famous in the Western world and I'm making him famous in Egypt!”
“Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.”
“Part of the reason why people get radicalized is because they feel they are disenfranchised; that they not there; that they are bullied. But if they are represented, they can't go and say to themselves: 'Oh, this society hates us!'”
“Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's the definition of political sarcasm.”
“Countries aren't built by boring people.”
“The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.”