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Joe Show (previously JoeTube) is an Arabic Youtube talk show and political satire program hosted by Egyptian comedian Youssef Hussein. [1]

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It airs each Thursday. The show deals mainly with the events in the Arab world in a comic and cynical manner. The 53-minute program exploits the media lapses, media biases, and striking paradoxes in the rhetoric of political and conflicting positions; It is reintroduced comically. The show consists of 4 segments; the first three cover current events in Egypt, the fourth looks at the rest of the Arab world. [2]

The show is produced by the Qatar-based studio Metafora Productions. [3]

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References

  1. Neveux, Camille (2018-02-17). "Qui est Youssef Hussein, le Yann Barthès égyptien?". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  2. "Joe Show: Meet the new king of Arab comedy who's skewering the region's scariest dictators". The New Arab. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  3. "Joe Show". Metafora Production. Retrieved 2024-09-19.