How the formerly disgraced British television anchor found a new niche.
I did not expect to receive a volley of texts from my mom sharing … six Piers Morgan clips? “Last video is the one I told you about. I hope you can watch the other videos,” she said. Except we hadn’t discussed any videos. I figured she had likely forwarded the message from her friends in the Egyptian Mom corner of WhatsApp—but still, it was weird.
The guest was Bassem Youssef, a beloved, charming, and gut-splittingly hilarious Egyptian. My family is Egyptian too, and I’ve been following Youssef since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. The ex-cardiothoracic surgeon has been dubbed the Egyptian Jon Stewart, but Egyptians understood he was doing much more. He risked a lot to host in a country without strong protections for journalists, and has been arrested for making fun of key players in the Egyptian government.But they never die.
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