People say, 'Are you afraid? Are you scared for your life?' and I tell them: If I choose today to tone it down, if I choose today to shut up, tomorrow me, you, and all of us will be forced to.

It is very depressing to see that in the 21st century people are still using the same 1950s and '60s style of propaganda.

The only the way that you can live and function without seeing the facts in front of you is to put yourself in a constant state of denial.

People would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial.

It doesn't matter if the truth is right there out in front of your eyes. You will find a way, a mechanism, in order to keep your own system of denial. So as I always say it, denial is a river that runs in the - in Egypt. So we became very good in that.

Everybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing.

I always tell people that a revolution is not an event, it's a process. It is a struggle. And it doesn't usually go smoothly.