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My Story

I have spent two decades turning lived experience into stand-up, storytelling, and real conversations.

By The Numbers

Career highlights

Vector (38)
20+
Years on stage

Stand-up & speaking

Frame (40)
40M+​
Views worldwide​

Across talks & specials​

Frame (38)
30+​
Countries toured​

Five continents​

Frame (39)
2​
Published books​

Memoir & essays​

Career-highlights

2003

Co-founded the New York Arab American Comedy Festival, which expanded nationwide.

2010

Headlined Arabs Gone Wild live nation tour selling out major venues nationwide.

2014

Headline TED Talk. A talk on disability and identity that garnered millions of views and was translated into dozens of languages.

2020

Became one of the most booked virtual speakers

2021

Princeton Fellowship,
became a Princeton fellow and designed original courses which she taught.

2022

Best-Selling Memoir
Released a debut memoir that landed on national best-seller lists within its first month.

2024

Shiny Misfits Debuts, published the first book in her Scholastic Graphic Novel Series , and recorded the Audible version with a star studded class including Dave Matthews as the voice of Lucy the cat

2025

Georgetown Qatar Guest Artist, became a highly sought after guest professor teaching globally at prestigious universities including GQU

2026

DisCo Live
hosted by Maysoon, this live disability talk show was produced globally with events held in New York City, Ramallah, and Doha.

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