TV: ‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’ Looks for More than Just Laughs in U.S.

TV: ‘Jon Stewart of Egypt’ Looks for More than Just Laughs in U.S.

(Published at KQED on April 3, 2017: https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/04/03/john-stewart-of-egypt-looks-for-more-than-just-laughs-in-u-s/) When he appears on Tuesday, Apr. 4 at the University of California Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, Bassem Youssef promises to be his usual funny self: a guy who, with a wry quip or odd facial expression, can induce laughter about very hard truths. Millions of Americans know Youssef…