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.
Bassem Youssef bids farewell to Jon Stewart
Updated 10 August 2015