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Year: 2023
Maysoon Zayid: Should Humor Make Us Uncomfortable?
Maysoon Zayid teases herself for all the ways she’s different: she has cerebral palsy, she’s Muslim, she’s Palestinian. By making us laugh at it, she gets us to think about acceptance.
The Comic Is Palestinian, the Jokes Bawdy
Maysoon Zayid performed recently before an appreciative audience at the Arab-American Comedy Festival. Ms. Zayid, who has cerebral palsy, hopes her one-woman show may eventually become a movie.
Netflix’s Crip Camp: The Summer Of Love That Led To A Revolution
Crip Camp tells the story of that fantastical place I never knew existed that changed the course of disabled history in America.
I was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. “Stupid” and “crazy” were two of my favorite words. …I now realize that both words are ableist, and I have chosen to excise them from my vocabulary.
Not Everyone Wants the Cures That the Cures Act is After
Palestinian-American actor and comedian Maysoon Zayid, who’s had Cerebral Palsy since birth, gives her take on the new legislation.
I’m Waiting for the Disabled Bachelor
Disability is not new to reality television. Dancing with the Stars has been incorporating visibly disabled and Deaf dancers for most of their history. Not only do they compete—they win.
Maysoon Zayid Is the Most Fearless Comic Alive
Backstage at the Tory Burch “Embrace Ambition” Summit, I am talking to Maysoon Zayid about death threats. And no, she isn’t a politician or an activist—she’s a comedian.
5 Great Life Rules (BS free)
Comedian Maysoon Zayid was born with cerebral palsy, and she’s learned how to face obstacles head-on. Here’s the advice she wants you to know
My Columns for The Daily Beast
Check out the collection of columns I wrote for The Daily Beast over the course of a year.
I got 99 problems… palsy is just one
“I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time,” Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk.
