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Bassem Youssef "Jon Stewart of the Arab World" to Speak in NY and LA

posted on: Apr 1, 2016

For the first time ever, Bassem Youssef will be speaking live in New York on the 24th of April at the Florence Gould Hall and in Los Angeles on the 26th of April in a candid and exclusive session where guests will also have the opportunity to have a truly in depth and personal +Q & A session with him afterwards. This is part of the Bassem Youssef Tour which Enigma Magazine is organizing in London, New York, and Los Angeles.

After bringing famous Egyptian movie stars Ahmed Helmy and Mona Zaki to Beverly Hills, California last summer for a celebration of Arab Glamour, Enigma PR is now working on  the first two state tour for Bassem Youssef, one of the most famous TV personalities in the Middle East. Known as the “Jon Stewart of the Arab World”, Bassem Youssef is the former host of the political satirical news program Al-Bernameg (“The Show”) – which broke all TV rating records in the Middle East. He  was also selected as one of Time Magazine’s “100 most influential people in the world” in 2013.  Bassem recently hosted the 2015 International Emmy Awards Gala in New York  and has new TV show coming out soon on Netflix and Fusion TV. He also has a documentary coming out on April 14 about his record breaking success at the Tribeca Film festival in New York.

Enigma Magazine targets the sophisticated Arab reader, who is jet set and well travelled.  Enigma has now been running for over 16 years and has become known for covering only the best of the best in the publication. Over 45,000 copies are printed each month, giving the magazine a readership of around 225,000 per issue. Enigma also has a vibrant international website, www.enigma-mag.com, which gets over 1,000,000 hits per month.

Enigma PR is the PR division of Enigma Magazine, which organizes exclusive events in Cairo, London, Dubai and Los Angeles. With 16 years of experience organizing large-scale and intimate events, and, Enigma PR conceptualizes and executes truly unique and dynamic events.

For more information about the event and to book tickets, please  visit www.enigma-mag.com . Tickets go on sale April 1st, 2016.

Compiled by Arab America