It is very depressing to see that in the 21st century people are still using the same 1950s and '60s style of propaganda.
Bassem YoussefEverybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing.
Bassem YoussefPeople would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial.
Bassem YoussefThe 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.
Bassem YoussefIt 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.
Bassem YoussefWhat I saw day-to-day is like people who are actually asking for freedom, calling for freedom - protesting, singing, chanting, calling for the removal of the regime - plain and simple. And of course there were clashes there because people, they tried to remove those protesters from Tahrir. And I was, like, doing my job as a doctor treating them.
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