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Sep 2020
27m 50s

Bassem Youssef and Maz Jobrani

Bbc World Service
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<p>Egypt’s top satirist Bassem Youssef and acclaimed American comic Maz Jobrani join comedy duo Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini to take on the world's headlines. This week, what do immigrants in the US really think of Donald Trump? Why are Egyptian performers being censored on TikTok? And the woman bringing North and South Koreans together, in the name of ... Show More
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