Through a series of complicated events, Egyptian political satirist Bassem Youssef – known to many as the “Jon Stewart of the Arab World” – arrived in America for good at a very bad time.
“You understand, that I came to America after I had my own share of turmoil in the Arab world,” the 46-year-old comedian says ominously. “We had the Arab Spring, I had a new show and I was kicked out because of my jokes. I came to America.as Trump was becoming president. So you have to understand my feeling of being jinxed, and jinxing America. Someone is jinxing someone.”