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The comic is Palestinian, the jokes bawdy
November 21st, 2006
Her Palestinian parents were concerned at first. What if she had fallen into a dishonorable profession? Then, after seeing a story about her on Al Jazeera, the Arab cable network, they were relieved. "They saw I was legit and not wrapped around a pole," she said. Ms. Zayid's popularity and schedule of appearances soared after the first Arab-American Comedy Festival, which she helped found, in 2003. Instead of working only on weekends, she performed in 40 cities in 3 nations in 3 months. 
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