Jon Stewart is back on air hosting "The Daily Show" — but only one day a week. Meanwhile, Bassem Youssef — the man known as the “Jon Stewart of the Middle East” — is working every day to both make ...

Egyptian-American comedian and satirist Bassem Youssef made a long-awaited comeback to Egyptian TV on Tuesday night, having been off air for more than a decade after going into exile following intense ...

For the Egyptian-born Youssef, the situation in Gaza is deeply personal. Many members of the Palestinian side of his wife’s family remain in Gaza, and the updates he says they get are infrequent and ...

“Superman: Legacy” director James Gunn took to social media on Friday to confirm reports that the part Bassem Youssef taped for was cut from the script, and not because of the comedian’s ...

We hear that Youssef taped an audition pre-actors strike for the role of Rumaan Harjadi. However, by the time Gunn turned in his final shooting strike post writers’ strike ending in late September, ...

There’s no beef between comedian and actor Bassem Youssef and Superman: Legacy director/king of all D.C. Comics movies James Gunn, apparently. Which is worth noting since, earlier this week, Youssef ...

Comedian Bassem Youssef has been widely known as “the Egyptian Jon Stewart” ever since he gave up being a heart surgeon and made himself into the premier political satirist of the Arab Spring. Now, ...

Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef made headlines stateside as a new interview with Salon, contained claims from Youssef that he lost out on a role in Superman: Legacy because of his outspoken ...

After kicking off his message with nothing but praise for the writer/director, Youssef shares that in June 2023 (a day prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike), he got a chance to audition for the film. Shortly ...

Superman: Legacy – the first film set in the DCU – is taking shape, as filming is set to commence soon. At this point, the pre-production process seems to be going smoothly for the Warner Bros.-backed ...

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Pioneering Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef, who is set to perform his English-language solo show, The Middle Beast, on Friday, February 16th, at ...

Bassem Youssef discusses satire in the age of ISIS. — -- He’s the megastar you might not have heard of: Bassem Youssef is known as “The Jon Stewart of Egypt,” a wildly popular Egyptian political ...