Ramy Youssef has been surprised by Ramy's positive reception in the Middle East

The Guardian

“They get that we’re skipping all the entry-level conversations and trying to get into nuances about faith and ego," he says. "There’s this desire where American audiences sometimes are like: ‘Couldn’t you just have had some wholesome conversations as opposed to getting into all the ego, sex and drugs – all this stuff you went right into that makes people feel uncomfortable?’”