Egypt’s answer to Saturday Night Live will be performing shows all across the country for the first time.
The satirical comedy show, Masrah Masr, will be touring all of Egypt’s provinces starting from September.
The show’s creator, Egyptian comedy veteran Ashraf Abdel Bagy, said in a YouTube announcement that the first show outside of Cairo will be in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, at the Library of Alexandria, during Eid al Adha.
The show, broadcast on MBC Masr, has gained a huge following all over the Arab world since it first aired in 2014.
-
‘Split’ the difference: Egypt TV series appears to copy Hollywood film poster
The poster of a new Egyptian series starring actress Yasmine Abdel Aziz got a slow clap as fans quickly spotted that it looks like a blatant copy of ... Variety -
Egypt’s Bassem Youssef spotlighted at Tribeca film festival world premiere
Youssef became Egypt’s top satirist thanks to his online, and later TV, show that poked fun at Egyptian politics after the Arab Spring Television & Radio -
Egypt TV host tells viewers: ‘Break your fast with dates, I’ll eat lamb’
Moments later, he describes his own iftar plans filled with Qatayef (an Egyptian pie filled with cream and nuts) and leg of lamb Television & Radio