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Egypt:
Country's Off-Air Satirical Show Wins Silver Medal At New York Festivals
Aswat Masriya, 15 April 2015
Egypt's political satirist Bassem Youssef and his off-air show Albernameg reaped the silver medal at the 2015 New York Festivals, World's Best TVs and Films on Tuesday. Read more »
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Egypt:
Egypt Orders Bassem Youssef to Pay Compensation for Network Which Cancelled His Show
Aswat Masriya, 22 December 2014
The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) has ordered political satirist Bassem Youssef and his producing company to pay compensation worth of 100… Read more »
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Egypt:
Prominent Show Canceled As Egypt Moves to Monitor Internet Use
PR Newswire, 2 June 2014
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports that a popular Egyptian TV host has taken his show off the air, citing harassment. CPJ is also disturbed by reports… Read more »
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Egypt:
MBC Says Satirical Show Not Returning On Friday
Aswat Masriya, 28 May 2014
A widely watched satirical show hosted by heart surgeon-turned television host Bassem Youssef will not return on Friday like scheduled and previously announced, the MBC said. Read more »
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Egypt:
MBC - Satirist Bassem Youssef Returns to Screen Next Friday
Aswat Masriya, 1 February 2014
Prominent satirist Bassem Youssef will return to television on MBC channel with his "al-Bernameg" show on Friday 7 February, al-Arabiya news website reported MBC channel as saying. Read more »
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Egypt:
Satirist Makes Time's List of 100 Most Influential People
Aswat Masriya, 18 April 2013
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has made it to Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world for the year 2013. Read more »
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Egypt:
Governments Threatened By TV Show Do Not Deserve to Continue - Local Satirist
Aswat Masriya, 15 April 2013
Famous political satirist, Bassem Youssef, has said in a televised interview that he never heard of a television show toppling a government before. Read more »
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Egypt:
Egypt Court Rejects Case Against Political Satirist Show
Aswat Masriya, 6 April 2013
An Egyptian court dismissed on Saturday a lawsuit filed against satellite channel CBC to suspend its license for airing the popular political satirist show, "Al-Bernameg" (The… Read more »
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Egypt:
TV Satirist's Arrest, Increase in Attacks On Journalists
RSF, 2 April 2013
Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns last weekend's interrogation of Bassem Youssef, a popular presenter and satirist on Egypt's CBC television, who is accused of insulting… Read more »
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Egypt:
Egypt's Satirist Show Taken Off the Air
Aswat Masriya, 17 November 2013
The producing company of Egypt's top TV satirist show "The Program" has terminated its exclusive contract with the broadcasting channel CBC after it pulled the show off air,… Read more »
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Egypt:
A Blow to Media Freedoms - CBC Suspends Bassem Youssef's Satirical Program
HRInfo, 3 November 2013
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, ANHRI, strongly condemns the fierce campaign against the satirist Bassem Youssef after broadcasting the episode on Friday October… Read more »
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Egypt:
Tamarod Announces Solidarity With Satirist Taken Off Air
Aswat Masriya, 2 November 2013
Tamarod (Rebel) movement has announced its solidarity with satirist Bassem Youssef whose episode was stopped by the CBC channel from going on air on Friday, said the group's… Read more »
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Egypt:
Satirist Bassem Youssef Insulted Sisi - Legal Complaint
Aswat Masriya, 26 October 2013
Egypt's head prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, received a legal complaint on Saturday, accusing prominent TV satirist Bassem Youssef of spreading chaos and disrupting national peace in… Read more »
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Egypt:
Jon Stewart to Appear On Bassem Youssef's Show
Aswat Masriya, 20 June 2013
Prominent American satirist Jon Stewart arrived to Cairo on Wednesday for a three-day visit where he will meet with Egyptian television host Bassem Youssef. Read more »
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Egypt:
Comedian On Bassem Youssef's Show Released On Bail
Aswat Masriya, 2 May 2013
A prosecutor has ordered the release of Khaled Mansour, a member of the team behind Egypt's most-watched satirical show, on L.E. 5,000 bail ($720). Read more »
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Egypt:
Prosecutor Orders Interrogation of Bassem Youssef's Team Member
Aswat Masriya, 1 May 2013
Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered the interrogation of khaled Mansour who is a member of the team behind Bassem Youssef's al-Bernameg (The Programme) over the sixth episode,… Read more »