article_snippet: (CNN)His satire took Egypt, and the world, by storm.
article_snippet: Well, you know, sometimes circumstances are not the best for you to continue a political satire show," Bassem Youssef told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Monday.
article_snippet: Bassem Youssef's biting satire left nothing unscathed -- whether the president, political and militant Islam, or the military.
article_snippet: There is room for satire and comedy as long as it's acceptable by the people controlling the atmosphere.
article_snippet: His incredible story from cardiac surgeon to satirist to political target is the subject of a documentary currently in production, directed by a senior producer for Stewart, with whom Bassem Youssef developed a close relationship.
article_snippet: It's talking about political satire, humor, how (people can) be all for a certain program or a joke, but when the joke turns on people, people kind of like turn on you," His said.
article_snippet: And so maybe we were an equal opportunity satirist, but people were not (an) equal opportunity audience.
article_snippet: At Harvard, His is a visiting fellow working on "political satire and humor, and how a visiting fellow working on "political satire and humor interact with political, social and even religious taboos.
article_snippet: Satire didn't begin or end with my program.
article_snippet: It may not often reach a Western audience, but Youssef said that YouTube is filled with Arabs making fun of ISIS -- for example, setting the group's favorite "anthems" to images of belly dancers.
article_snippet: But I don't think that Americans would like to take Americans political satire from a Middle Eastern guy with a thick accent.
highlights_snippet: Bassem Youssef is a visiting fellow at Harvard working on "political satire and humor
highlights_snippet: There is room for satire and comedy as long as it's acceptable" by those in control, "
  Egypt's Jon Stewart says .