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100 1  Yūsuf, Bāsim,|d1974-|eauthor. 
245 10 Revolution for dummies :|blaughing through the Arab Spring
       /|cBassem Youssef. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bDey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
       |c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    xi, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  part one. A heart surgeon breaking bad -- part two. Risky 
       business -- part three. The clown, the traitor, the 
       outcast. 
520    Bassem Youssef recounts his life and offers hysterical 
       riffs on the hypocrisy, instability, and corruption that 
       has long animated Egyptian politics. From the attempted 
       cover-up of the violent clashes in Tahrir Square to the 
       government's announcement that it had created the world's 
       first 'AIDS cure' machine, to the conviction of officials 
       that Youssef was a CIA operative, recruited by Jon Stewart,
       to bring down the country through sarcasm. There's much 
       more, and it's all insanely true. 
520    "Bassem Youssef, a satirist who rose to fame in the middle
       of the Egyptian Revolution with his incendiary brand of 
       comedy and his knack for unabashedly mocking dictators, 
       has been called the "Jon Stewart of Egypt." Once a heart 
       surgeon who filmed YouTube skits in the laundry room of 
       his home, he eventually grew to become one of the most 
       recognizable television hosts in Egyptian history, and his
       show became the most popular TV program in Egypt, much to 
       the ire of the TV anchors, government officials, and 
       military personnel who tried desperately to shut it down. 
       So potent were Youssef's skits, jokes, and commentary that
       he was accused of insulting the Egyptian presidency, and 
       even Islam itself, leading to a warrant in 2013 for his 
       arrest. Despite turning himself in, Youssef was 
       interrogated for six hours before being released on bail, 
       which prompted his idol--Mr. Jon Stewart himself--to issue
       a statement on his behalf in an episode of The Daily Show.
       Though Youssef's case was eventually dismissed, his TV 
       show was terminated, and he found himself fleeing Egypt in
       fear for his life. In Revolution for Dummies, Youssef 
       proudly and hysterically riffs on the hypocrisy, 
       instability, and corruption that manifested in Egyptian 
       politics: everything from how the government tried to 
       cover up the violent clashes in Tahrir Square to how the 
       military announced they had created the world's first AIDS
       machine that could cure anyone of the disease to how 
       officials were convinced Youssef was a CIA operative 
       recruited by Jon Stewart, on a secret mission to bring 
       down the country through sarcasm. (Yes, it gets that 
       insane.) This is the version of the Arab Spring you've 
       never heard, the one that doesn't get glossed over by the 
       media's attempt to optimistically show promise of progress
       after revolution. This is the real story of guts and glory,
       and of how jokes are often mightier than the sword."--
       Jacket. 
600 10 Yūsuf, Bāsim,|d1974- 
630 00 Bernameg (Television program) 
650  0 Television personalities|zEgypt|vBiography. 
650  0 Comedians|zEgypt|vBiography. 
650  0 Heart surgeons|zEgypt|vBiography. 
650  0 Exiles|zEgypt|vBiography. 
650  0 Arab Spring, 2010- 
651  0 Egypt|vBiography. 
651  0 Egypt|xHistory|yProtests, 2011-2013 
651  0 Egypt|xPolitics and government|y21st century. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
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