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Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, actress, writer and disability advocate. She is a graduate of and a Guest Comedian in Residence at Arizona State University. 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 most recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey Network's In Deep Shift, 60 Minutes, and ABC News. Maysoon had the number one TED Talk of 2014 and was named 1 of 100 Women of 2015 by BBC.
As a professional comedian, Maysoon has performed in 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 Muslims Are Coming Tour. Maysoon appeared alongside Adam Sandler in You Don’t Mess with the the Zohan and has written for VICE. She walked in New York Fashion Week and is proud to be an ambassador for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Maysoon is currently developing a comedy series with Hazy Mills Productions called If I Cancan.
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Speech Topics
Survival of the Unfittest
Maysoon talks about living with, rather than suffering from, disabilities and how to best use something people expect will hold you back to excel.
Growing Up Muslim in America
Maysoon shares her experiences of growing up Muslim in a country that is afraid of Muslims and growing up American in a family that's afraid of Americans.
Arts and Conflict
Maysoon explores how to use comedy and theater to reach high-risk youth and teach them non-violent self-expression.
News
Whether being disabled or Muslim, no subject is off limits for comedian Maysoon Zayid.
Screenwriter Lindsey Beer is working with Zayid to turn her story into an anthology series.
Maysoon Zayid, a Muslim comic with cerebral palsy, performed before the Republican National Convention. And she killed.
When it comes to visible disabilities, Islamophobia and the Canadian election, American comedian Maysoon Zayid is on point.
Comedian Maysoon Zayid will speak at Mount Holyoke College on December 7 about the intersection of gender, ethnicity, and disability to mark the twenty-fifth ...
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