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Broadcast Voices Across Two Cultures
Bassem Youssef and Hoda Kotb show how Egyptian American voices shaped satire, news, and broadcasting.
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Broadcast journalist and author. She was main co-anchor of NBC's Today from 2018 to 2025 and co-host of its fourth hour from 2007 to 2025. She was born to Egyptian parents. Her father, Abdel Kader Kotb, was a fossil energy specialist; her mother, Sameha, worked at the Library of Congress. She has a brother, Adel, and a sister, Hala. Her family lived in Egypt for a year, and she has recalled annual summer holidays there.
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Broadcast journalist and author. She was main co-anchor of NBC's Today from 2018 to 2025 and co-host of its fourth hour from 2007 to 2025. She was born to Egyptian parents. Her father, Abdel Kader Kotb, was a fossil energy specialist; her mother, Sameha, worked at the Library of Congress. She has a brother, Adel, and a sister, Hala. Her family lived in Egypt for a year, and she has recalled annual summer holidays there.
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Broadcast journalist and author. She was main co-anchor of NBC's Today from 2018 to 2025 and co-host of its fourth hour from 2007 to 2025. She was born to Egyptian parents. Her father, Abdel Kader Kotb, was a fossil energy specialist; her mother, Sameha, worked at the Library of Congress. She has a brother, Adel, and a sister, Hala. Her family lived in Egypt for a year, and she has recalled annual summer holidays there.
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