Dissent “It’s all Right to Make Fun of the Government”: Bassem Youssef (Egypt’s Jon Stewart) Juan Cole 01/10/2014 TweetShareRedditEmailBassem Youssef: “It’s OK to make fun of ourselves” “BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman talks to Bassem Youssef, also known as the “Egyptian Jon Stewart”, about making people laugh in Egypt today.”