Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?
The Interview16 Helmi 2024

Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?

Stephen Sackur is in New York for a special edition of the programme with Egyptian American satirist Bassem Youssef. During the Arab Spring, his mockery of Egypt’s leaders won him millions of fans, but after the military took over he fled to the US where he has reinvented his comedy career. Can laughter ever provoke political change?

(Photo: Bassem Youssef, comedian and political satirist)

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Volker Türk: Are we sleepwalking into a dystopian future?

Volker Türk: Are we sleepwalking into a dystopian future?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. As conflicts destroy millions of lives around the world, are we sleepwalking into a dystopian future?(Photo: Volker Türk, UN ...

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Badiucao: Art, power and China

Badiucao: Art, power and China

Stephen Sackur speaks to the dissident artist Badiucao, whose cartoons and drawings challenge President Xi Jinping and the Chinese state. He lives in exile in Australia, but does that mean he’s beyond...

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28 Helmi 202522min

Victoria Spartz: Has Donald Trump switched sides on Ukraine?

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N. Ram: Freedom of expression in India

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Stephen Sackur speaks to one of India’s most influential media voices, N. Ram, director of the Hindu Publishing Group. With independent journalists complaining of intimidation and social media facing ...

24 Helmi 202522min

Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif: Hunger for freedom

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Laila Soueif, mother of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a political prisoner in Egypt and Alaa’s sister Sanaa Seif. Laila is into the fifth month of a hunger strike in a desperate bid to w...

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Tom Fletcher: What is the impact of US foreign aid cuts?

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