{"id":148303,"date":"2024-04-11T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/comedian-bassem-youssef-on-the-israel-gaza-war-the-arab-spring-and-why-we-cant-change-the-world\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:00:03","slug":"comedian-bassem-youssef-on-the-israel-gaza-war-the-arab-spring-and-why-we-cant-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/comedian-bassem-youssef-on-the-israel-gaza-war-the-arab-spring-and-why-we-cant-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Bassem Youssef on the Israel-Gaza war, the Arab Spring, and why we can\u2019t change the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CuR3BfpAqpw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Comedian Bassem Youssef on the Israel-Gaza war, the Arab Spring, and why we can\u2019t change the world\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CuR3BfpAqpw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bassem Youssef thinks that he\u2019s come on the wrong podcast. \u201cPeople in power don&#8217;t really care about any of our suggestions to change the world\u201d, he tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy, \u201cbecause if our ways to change the world affect their interests, they will stop you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And he knows what he\u2019s talking about, having fled his home country of Egypt after his TV comedy became no longer acceptable to the authorities there.<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe)<\/p>\n<p>Bassem started his career as a heart surgeon, then moved to political comedy in response to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, taking on the ruling elite in his country. 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