After a ten year absence from Egyptian media, Bassem Yousssef made his first appearance on Kelma Akhira with Ahmed Salem as part of a new series of episodes that premiered yesterday on ON TV. Youssef shared new details on his interviews with British broadcaster Piers Morgan, his fundraising efforts for doctors in Gaza, why he abandoned plans to continue his show from abroad, and his appeal to the Gen Z audience (watch, runtime: 35:40).

Youssef said that United Media Services Chairman Tarek Nour convinced him to reappear on Egyptian television to discuss the behind-the-scenes of his recent interviews and to reflect on his personal experience living in the US, especially during the period following the war on Gaza. “For us Arabs and Egyptians living here in America, the shock of what happened on 7 October was very different from what people in the Middle East experienced,” Youssef said, “because we live inside this massive machine that supports Israel.” (watch, runtime: 4:43)

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