Hecklers chase Bassem Youssef in shows across the US

A number of hecklers attend Bassem Youssef’s shows and screenings on behalf of Egyptian authorities, Andrew Marantz writes in The New Yorker. “They are conservative Egyptians who live here, but they are hired by the Sisi regime to heckle … It happens at every show,” Youssef’s manager told a theatre house manager who hosting a performance. “I can always spot them … They’re older than the rest of the crowd, and they all sit in one row wearing baggy suits and not laughing,” Youssef says.