Bassem Youssef

Bassem Youssef fascinates me because of the leap he made. A cardiac surgeon in Cairo who traded the operating room for satire during the Arab Spring is not someone playing it safe. Using comedy to challenge power takes a different kind of nerve than holding a scalpel, and his 2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Award says the world noticed the cost. What I respect most is the throughline: whether saving hearts or skewering hypocrisy, he stays in the business of telling hard truths. Now an Egyptian-American voice still speaking up, he's proof that humor, wielded honestly, can be a serious act of courage.

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Name (English)

Bassem Youssef

Name (Japanese)

バッセム・ユセフ

Reading

ばっせむ・ゆせふ

Born

March 21, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Occupation

cardiac surgeon / satirist / columnist / television producer / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

University

Cairo University Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine

Awards & achievements

• 2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.bassemyoussef.xyz/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bassem/
• Xhttps://x.com/Byoussef
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassem%20Youssef
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3515579

Tags

• Cairo Governorate
• cardiac surgeon
• satirist
• columnist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.