Egypt Activist

Bassem Youssef

باسم يوسف

Activist In opposition Independent Verified

Egyptian heart surgeon turned political satirist. His TV show Al-Bernameg drew tens of millions of viewers across the Arab world during 2011–2014 before being banned under the Sisi government. Now based abroad; his post-2023 international interviews on the Gaza war reached global audiences.

Country: Egypt
Party: Independent / unaligned
Role: Activist

Position

No party affiliation or source documents on file yet, so no individual position is assigned.

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Bassem Youssef [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/bassem-youssef

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Bassem Youssef." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/bassem-youssef.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-bassem-youssef,
  title     = {{Bassem Youssef}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/bassem-youssef},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.