His name is Bassem Youssef and he has been likened to The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, a left-leaning comedian. Earlier this week, we posted video of Stewart ripping Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi for the arrest of Youssef, who allegedly insulted Morsi and Islam. Now, via MEMRI, we have video of Youssef from February in which he […]
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Jon Stewart RIPs Mohammed Morsi for jailing Egypt’s ‘Jon Stewart’
File this story in the ‘people wake up when tragedy hits a little too close to home’ department. Bassem Youssef is regarded as the ‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’. He’s also appeared on Jon Stewart’s program. When Bassam was arrested last week for insulting Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi, it made news. It apparently also struck a […]