Egyptian satirist and many an Egyptian intellectual's dream man, Bassem Youssef, is to be the subject of upcoming feature length documentary, Tickling Giants. The independently produced film will be directed by Sarah Taksler - a senior producer at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - and is currently posted on crowdfunding website, Indiegogo.

The links with Jon Stewart don't end there, though; Iranian-Canadian journalist and seasoned documentary filmmaker, Maziar Bahari, is on board as the producer. Bahari's 118-day incarceration by the Iranian government in 2009 was the subject of Stewart's 2014 directorial debut, Rosewater.