By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:25 EST, 1 January 2013 | UPDATED: 03:15 EST, 2 January 2013 A popular television satirist is being investigated for allegedly insulting the Egyptian president as Islamist lawyers continue to bring cases against outspoken media personalities in the country. TV host Bassem Youssef is accused of insulting President Mohammed Morsi by putting the Islamist leader's image on a pillow and parodying his speeches. Youssef, a doctor, catapulted to fame when his video blogs mocking politics received hundreds of thousands of hits shortly after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime leader Mubarak. Under investigation: Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef is accused of insulting President Mohammed Morsi by parodying his speeches and printing the leader's image on a pillow
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TV host Bassem Youssef, 38, is one of Egypt's most popular TV presenters
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He is accused of insulting President Morsi by parodying his speeches
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Other cases have been brought against outspoken media personalities
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