BASSEM YOUSSEF @ TEMPE IMPROV

Schedule

Fri Oct 31 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

930 East University Drive, Tempe, AZ, United States, Arizona 85281 | Tempe, AZ

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Bassem is coming to Tempe to work on brand new untested material and would like to request your lovely company as he completely messes it up.
Come with your friends and your very low expectations and watch the painful process of writing and performing live comedy. Hey the tickets are cheap so why not?
Dubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab World, cardiac surgeon Bassem Youssef was the host of popular TV show Al Bernameg – the first political satire show in the Middle East. Originally a 5-minute show on YouTube, Al Bernameg became the first online-to-TV conversion 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 YouTube channel.
In recognition of his success, Youssef was named among the Time Magazine most influential list for 2013 – under the “Pioneers” category, was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the CPJ, and was chosen by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the global thinkers during the same year.
Youssef currently performs his one-man show, THE MIDDLE BEAST around the globe and the first title in Bassem’s children’s book series, The Magical Reality of Nadia published on February 2nd, 2021 by Scholastic and is currently being developed as an animated series. Bassem can be seen in MO (Netflix), RAMY (Hulu), LIONESS (Paramount+) and UPLOAD (Amazon).
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