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Song from the film tickling giants, about the power of creative, nonviolent speech. Jon stewarts egyptian doppelganger bassem youssef is getting the documentary treatment courtesy of the daily shows sara taksler. Publication date 20161231 topics bassem youssef, egypt, the show. Ive been putting these on one of my blogs on tumblr, so ill go ahead and put them on my wattp. Nov, 2017 song from the film tickling giants, about the power of creative, nonviolent speech. Mar 15, 2017 tickling giants provides a comprehensive examination of youssefs career highs and lows while providing a vivid personal portrait of its subject whose cheerfulness and resolve began to wither in. In the shows final season, brennan and booth continue their professional and personal partnership as they hunt down a notorious serial killer and go on an undercover mission at a lumberjack competition. Dubbed the egyptian jon stewart, bassem creates the most viewed. With bassem youssef, jon stewart, shadi alfons, khaled mansour. A senior producer at the daily show with trevor noah, taksler has pitched stories and jokes, and researched footage since 2005. Spanning several years, it gave a good impression how the political climate in egypt changed, and how little elbowing room there was eventually left for satire or critical remarks against authority. Bassem youssef, aka egypts jon stewart, went from heart surgeon to egyptian youtube sensation to tv star, riding the wave of freedom in egypt only to hit the wall of new authoritarianism, as seen. Tickling giants provides a comprehensive examination of youssefs career highs and lows while providing a vivid personal portrait of its subject whose.
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