4 Facts About Bassem Youssef

1. In February 2015, it was announced that Bassem Youssef was collaborating with The Daily Show producer Sara Taksler to launch a crowd-funding campaign for her documentary about his experience, Tickling Giants.

2. In March 2013, Bassem Youssef started writing a weekly column expressing his views for Al-Shorouk; one of Egypt's most prominent and independent daily newspapers.

3. In 2013, Bassem Youssef was named one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by TIME magazine and one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Leading Global Thinkers.

4. In January 2011, Bassem Youssef assisted the wounded in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution.