BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32007@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240107T180000 DTSTAMP:20240103T011806Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/bassem-youssef-2/ SUMMARY:Bassem Youssef DESCRIPTION:BOSTON\, MA\n\n \;\n\nDubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab Wo rld\, cardiac surgeon Bassem Youssef was the host of popular TV show Al Be rnameg the first political satire show in the Middle East. Originally a 5- minute show on YouTube\, Al Bernameg became the first online-to-TV convers ion in the Middle East and the most-watched show across the region with 30 million viewers every week\, and over a million subscribers to its YouTub e channel. In recognition of his success\, Youssef was named among the Tim e Magazine most influential list for 2013 under the Pioneers category\, wa s awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the CPJ\, and was chose n by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the global thinkers during the same year. Youssef currently performs his one-man show\, LATE FOR DEMOCRACY ar ound the globe and the first title in Bassems upcoming childrens book seri es\, The Magical Reality of Nadia published on February 2nd\, 2021 by Scho lastic and is currently being developed as an animated series. Bassem can be seen in MO (Netflix) and RAMY (Hulu) and just wrapped shooting a recur on UPLOAD (Amazon) as well as LIONESS for Paramount+. He lives in Los Ange les with his wife and two children. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/01/Screen-Shot-2024-01-02-at-20.17.22.png LOCATION:The Wilbur\, 246 Tremont St\, Boston\, Massachustts\, United State s GEO:42.3507222;-71.06465989999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=246 Tremont St\, Boston\, M assachustts\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Wilbur:geo:42.3 507222,-71.06465989999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR