Bassem Youssef

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Medical career

Bassem Youssef received his degree from Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine, majoring in cardiothoracic surgery, in 1998. He passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination and has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) since February 2007. He worked as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Egypt for 13 years before he transitioned to comedy and political satirism. He also underwent training in heart and lung transplantation in Germany, after which he spent a year and a half in the United States for a firm that manufactures medical devices related to cardiothoracic surgery. During the Egyptian revolution in January 2011, Youssef helped the wounded in Tahr Square. "Impressible" has made him "a much harder job man, a nerd, a perfectionist," Youssef praised.

Media career

Youssef's first satirical performance in March 2011 was inspired by the Egyptian revolution of 2011. Tarek ElKazzaz, his friend, suggested the first idea. In the first three months alone, Entitled The B+ Show, after his blood type, the program, at 5 minutes per episode, was posted on his YouTube channel in May 2011 and attracted more than 5 million viewers. The display was shot in Youssef's laundry room with a table, a chair, one camera, and a mosaic of amateur photographs from Tahr Square that cost $100. Youssef, Tarek ElKazzaz, Amr Ismail, Mohamed Khalifa, and Mostafa Al-Ha lawany were among the exhibits on display. Youssef's talent was shown on social media, and his appearance gave the millions of Egyptians who were ecstatic with the Egyptian Revolution's coverage on the traditional media.

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris' company, The B+ Show, offered Youssef a contract for Al Bernameg (literally, "The Program"). Youssef had intended to move to Cleveland to practice medicine, but instead signed his show's contract. The series made him the first Internet to TV conversion in the Middle East with a budget of less than half a million dollars. During Ramadan 1432 (2011), the show, which consisted of 104 episodes, premiered with Egyptian-American engineer Muhammad Radwan as the first visitor. Youssef has parodied Egyptian stars such as show host Tawfik Okasha, composer Amr Mostafa, Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and onetime presidential candidate in his series. Many writers, artists, and politicians wanted to talk openly about the social and political scene. Al-Bernameg's success sparked a number of amateur ventures on various social media pages, who often cite The B+ Show as their inspiration.

I do know a little bit about the humour industry; your show is sharp, it's well executed, and I suspect the world knows what you're doing down there," Stewart told Youssef in June 2012. On The Daily Show's website, the segment was one of the most viewed segments on the show.

Tarek ElKazzaz convinced an old friend, Ahmed Abbas, to join QSoft as chief operations officer and project manager for Al Bernameg following the success of the B+ Show on YouTube and the first season of Al Bernameg on ONTV, with the aim of growing and transforming the show to a multifaceted global brand. This was achieved with the support of a team that covered several areas, including marketing, operations, and public relations. All of this helped develop Bassem Youssef and Al-Bernameg on various fronts and gained a global audience. After a deal with CBC (Capital Broadcast Center), the show Al Bernameg returned for a second season on November 23, 2012, it premiered on November 23, 2012. The second season was comprised of 29 episodes and had one of the most high viewership ratings on both television and internet, with 40 million viewers on TV and more than 184 million viewers on YouTube alone. Several lawsuits were lodged against Bassem Youssef and his show, mainly for "insult and defamation." Just three episodes into the program, but several others were filed against him. Youssef made the manager and coworkers of his channel the subject of his show on the season's premiere as an affirmation that his speech is uncensored. However, CBC did not air his second episode, which also included further criticism of a TV show host who filed a lawsuit against Youssef. For the third episode, the show returned to its normal schedule.

The project, which started with a small group of Youssef, expanded from ONTV's tiny studio to a Radio theater in downtown Cairo, making it the first live audience show in the Middle East. The contents of a typical show's broadcast have expanded, beginning with a sarcastic reflection on current political issues and then expanding to include the hosting of public figures and actors from various fields, as well as various artists' performances. Al Bernameg moved from ONTV's tiniest studio to Radio Theatre in Cairo's downtown in November 2012. Youssef's value has increased by eight percent in one year as a result of the change. Egypt's second season, which premiered on CBC in November 2012, was the first true live audience show on television in Egypt. Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who represents the Muslim Brotherhood, was criticized by the program, which attracted a lot of attention. Soon after the show began airing, reports against Youssef were lodged against him, accusing him of insulting Islam, Morsi, and disturbing public order and stability.

Bassem Youssef began writing a weekly column expressing his opinion for Al-Shorouk, Egypt's most influential and independent daily newspaper, in March 2013.

Youssef also wrote newspaper columns, where he addressed taboo issues such as atheism and questioning the commonly held belief that apostasy from Islam should be punished by death. He faced plagiarism allegations by his followers and by Twitter by Ben Judah, the original British writer who wrote the essay for Politico magazine, on March 18, 2014. He later published an apology in El Sherouk's newspaper for releasing an article without citing any sources.

Jon Stewart appeared as a visitor on the show in June 2013 as Al Bernameg continued to prosper.

America in Arabic (United Arab Emirates) debuted on July 1, 2013. For the second time on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, he appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Al Bernameg's third series on CBC returned to television after a four-month absence on October 25, 2013. Egypt's presidential deposition of Mohamed Morsi was the first television broadcast for the show since the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état had barred him from office. Youssef slammed both the Morsi government and the people's idolization of Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi. Following a statement by Youssef on the political stance, the CBC network released a statement distancing the channel from the party's political stance. Al Bernameg's broadcasting rights were suspended as a result of a misunderstanding in the agreement that was agreed upon by the CBC network, and the network decided not to continue broadcasting him. More than 30 lawsuits against Youssef and the show had been received at the GM's office, accusing him of insulting the Egyptian Armed Forces and President Adly Mansour and other military coups in addition to disrupting public order and stability. Some of the allegations were investigated by the General Prosecutor, who were subject to the prosecutor's decision and decision.

After completing the deal with CBC, the production company behind Al Bernameg received offers from various TV stations. During the first quarter of 2014, the third season was scheduled to air. Youssef had signed a deal with the Middle East Broadcasting Center, and the Middle East Broadcasting Center announced that Al Bernameg would be broadcasting on the MBC MASR satellite channel from 7 February. For the 11 weeks in a row, Al-Bernameg has earned unprecedented weekly viewership. Youssef ridiculed Egypt's claims to be able to cure hepatitis C and AIDS on one of the programs.

The Al-Bernameg group held a press conference in June 2014, after a six-week break during the 2014 Egyptian presidential election campaign, where Youssef revealed the show's cancellation due to pressure on both the show and the airing channel. He believed that Egypt's political climate was too unstable to continue the spectacle.

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