Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, actress, writer, and disability advocate. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and a Princeton Fellow. Maysoon is the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest. She was a full-time On Air Contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and a columnist for The Daily Beast. She has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, ABC News, and Oprah Winfrey Networks. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014 and was thrilled to collaborate with Huda Beauty.
As a professional comedian, Maysoon has sold out top New York clubs and has toured extensively at home and abroad. She was a headliner on the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The Together Live Tour. Maysoon appeared alongside Adam Sandler in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan and has written for Glamour Magazine. She limped in New York Fashion Week and is a recurring character on General Hospital. She is the author of the best-selling memoir Find Another Dream and is collaborating with the legendary Scholastic on a comic book series. www.Maysoon.com
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Comedian Maysoon Zayid Refuses to Let Cerebral Palsy Stop Her Dreams
Tamron Hall [January 13, 2021] -
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Hello Sunshine - Maysoon Zayid | Story Scouts
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Class Close-Up: Students Learn the Art of Stand-Up Comedy
Princeton Alumni Weekly [January 2022] -
Maysoon Zayid says Muslims are 'beating the stigma'
NorthJersey.com [September 11, 2021] -
Say The Word: Disabled
Refinery 29 [July 24, 2020] -
Comic Maysoon Zayid is making disability mainstream
ABC News [July 11, 2017] -
Not Everyone Wants the Cures That the Cures Act is After
Tonic Shorties [January 25, 2017] -
Comedienne Maysoon Zayid Adapting Life Story Into Series (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter [June 23, 2016] -
Muslim Stand-Up Comedian Finds Silver Lining Amid Tragedy, Hate
NBC News [June 17, 2016] -
Video: "Laughter is healing. Laughter is survival."
Clinton Global Initiative [April 8 2016] -
Video: I got 99 Problems... Palsy is Just One
TED.com [December 2013] -
Regular Column
The Daily Beast [2010-Present] -
Interview: Discussing Rush Limbaugh
Countdown with Keith Olbermann [March 9, 2012] -
Maysoon Zayid's Advice You Don't Want to Hear
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Robin on the Weinstein verdict, gender and the coronavirus, a whole new calendar—and signals from space? Guest: Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American feminist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and disability-rights activist with cerebral palsy.
People with disabilities represent 20 percent of the population but are by far the most underrepresented in media. When it comes to opportunities for actors with disabilities, Hollywood has a long way to go.
Maysoon Zayid has fearlessly performed truth-telling comedy all over the world. With the threats to free speech in the current climate in the U.S., she argues, such courage is more important than ever.