egypt ends show

EGYPT'S leading satirist, Bassem Youssef, says his show will not be returning to television.
Youssef and his crew announced the show's end at a press conference and raised a placard with "The End" written on it.
He said he preferred to end the political satire show rather than air it from outside Egypt, explaining that it would be interpreted as treason to Egypt and would affect the program's credibility.
Youssef's program, al-Bernameg, which means The Show, was broadcast on the Saudi-funded MBC network.
The show had taken a one-month break and had been scheduled to return on Friday, two days after the presidential election ended.
However, it was suspended.
Youssef, a heart surgeon, rose to fame making online videos in the style of US comedian Jon Stewart's spoof newscast The Daily Show, after the January 2011 uprising that ousted longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak.
In the following year, Youssef mainly targeted radical Islamists and Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, who was ousted by the army in July after mass protests demanding his overthrow.
During Morsi's rule, Youssef faced several investigations for allegedly insulting the president and Islam.
However, legal complaints against Youssef for his political humour continued following Morsi's ouster after Youssef criticised the fervour for then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
Al-Sissi later resigned his military post to run for president and won the balloting last week, according to initial results.