Tickling Giants, Story Of An Exiled Egyptian Comedian, To Screen In Albany

Many Americans, if they’ve heard of the Egyptian Dr. Bassem Youssef, first learned about him on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show a few years ago. Youssef left his gig as a heart surgeon to launch a comedy show that soon got caught up in the turmoil and authoritarianism of the Middle East during the Arab Spring and its aftermath. That’s the subject of Daily Show senior producer Sara Taksler’s documentary Tickling Giants. The film is screening on Tuesday in cities across the U.S., including at The Spectrum in Albany at 7 p.m., as part of what Taksler is calling “Meet A Muslim at the Movies.”