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“The only the way that you can live and function without seeing the facts in front of you is to put yourself in a constant state of denial.”

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Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef, born on March 22, 1974, is an Egyptian satirist known for his sharp wit and criticism of Egyptian politics in his television show, 'El Bernameg'. more

“There's this existential crisis in America and in the West of, like - who am I? - based on this searching for individual fulfillment, which you don't necessarily have in the East in the same way because you're kind of told what to do. I'm not saying one is better than the other, I'm just saying that's just, like, the reality.”

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“It doesn't matter if the truth is right there out in front of your eyes. You will find a way, a mechanism, in order to keep your own system of denial. So as I always say it, denial is a river that runs in the - in Egypt. So we became very good in that.”

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“You do find a lot of your time in the West kind of searching for your place in the world - your voice, your identity, like, who am I? Like, what is my reason for being here, you know? And in that same way who am I to be partnered with, you know?”

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“It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity. Ultimately, my parents marker is do you have a wife? And do you have children?”

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“I think that the religious and the military right wings are just two sides of the same coin if somebody uses God and religion and somebody uses country and security.”

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“Everybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing.”

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“Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.”

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“I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.”

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Author:Aasif Mandvi

“In some ways for many years I was off the hook.When my niece was born after that their attention was focused on that and she did that. You know, that was in our family that's what she did. I went off and chased this dream and this career that very other few people in our, you know, in my family, but even culturally were doing.”

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