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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we overthrew Mubarak, we did this in 18 days. And because we were very naive and very unexperienced in revolutions, we thought that that was it. It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days. So we were very naive.
- Arab Countries
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- Nov 07, 2020
Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't invent satire. I didn't come up with it. And it will continue to be a very powerful tool to disrupt political taboos and social taboos and religious taboos, because those taboos are always used to control and to curb people's way of creativity and thinking, by making them feel guilty because they want to make a change.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the reason why people get radicalized is because they feel they are disenfranchised; that they not there; that they are bullied. But if they are represented, they can't go and say to themselves: 'Oh, this society hates us!'
- Mightier
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- Nov 07, 2020
The joke is mightier than the sword.
- Humour
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
- Egyptian
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- Nov 07, 2020
I chose the Egyptian dream: the dream to make a TV show, and then be called an infidel by the end.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020