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Bassem Youssef bids farewell to Jon Stewart

Bassem Youssef bids farewell to Jon Stewart
Updated 10 August 2015

Bassem Youssef bids farewell to Jon Stewart

Bassem Youssef bids farewell to Jon Stewart

CAIRO: Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef bid farewell on Twitter Friday to US comic show presenter Jon Stewart, who ended his Daily Show after 16 years on screen.
“Happy to be a very small part of the historic final episode of @TheDailyShow Jon you will be missed #JonVoyage”, Youssef tweeted after contributing to Stewart’s last episode along with other well-wishing satirists.
Youssef became Egypt’s most popular comic show presenter during the 2011 uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak.
Youssef, dubbed “the Jon Stewart of Egypt”, hosted the widely-viewed show, Al-Bernameg (“The Program“), which ended in June 2014.
Youssef, who hosted Stewart on El-Bernameg and appeared several times on The Daily Show.