ADOLF MUBARAK, OUR THIRTY-YEAR DICTATOR, DEPICTED HERE AS HITLER. HITLER LOOK-ALIKES EITHER ARE BOOTED OUT OF OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR WEAR AN ORANGE WIG AND WIN AN ELECTION IN DEMOCRATIC FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES. © Khaled Abo Al Naga
AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR REVOLUTION WAS ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH WAS USUALLY DEADLY. AS ONE WOULD EXPECT OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION, ATTEMPTS TO RECLAIM TAHRIR SQUARE AFTER IT WAS TAKEN BY PROTESTORS WERE EQUALLY ANCIENT. PRO-MUBARAK THUGS ATTACKED THE SQUARE USING HORSEMEN AND “CAMEL MEN” USUALLY RESERVED FOR ENTERTAINING TOURISTS AT THE PYRAMIDS. © Ahmed Al Masry
JON AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION IN 2020. I AM HIS RUNNING MATE. A JEW AND A MUSLIM TICKET. I KNOW, IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS. SO WAS TRUMP. OKAY, REALLY, THIS WAS JON COMING ON TO MY SHOW IN CAIRO. © Yehia El Zeiny
JON BEING INTRODUCED À LA ABU GHRAIB PRISON STYLE. THIS IS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT OF MY CAREER, THE VALIDATION OF MY WORK. © Yehia El Zeiny
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BASSEM YOUSSEF, dubbed the “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” was the host of the popular television show Albernameg, which was the first political satire show in the Middle East. Originally presented as five-minute videos on YouTube, Albernameg grew to become the most watched television program across the region, with 30 million viewers tuning in every week. It received wide acclaim around the world, with coverage on some of the biggest media outlets, topping off with Youssef’s appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in June 2012 and April 2013. In June 2013, Youssef hosted Jon Stewart on Albernameg in Cairo, marking the second season’s peak.
Some of Youssef’s accolades include being named one of Time magazine’s most influential people of 2013, being recognized by Foreign Policy magazine as a leading global thinker of 2013, and being awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists that same year.
Youssef’s most recent project is Democracy Handbook, a ten-part series exploring topics of democracy on Fusion.net. Youssef was also a visiting scholar at the Center of Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Stanford University, and continues to give talks around the United States.
Youssef majored in cardiothoracic surgery, passed the United States Medical License Exam (USMLE), and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS).
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REVOLUTION FOR DUMMIES. Copyright © 2017 by Bassem Youssef. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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