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We are so excited to have the inspirational and hilariously funny Maysoon Zayid join us on the show to discuss her successful career and life living with cerebral palsy.

Comedian Maysoon Zayid Pushes Forward Through Laughs on The Queen Latifah Show

Dec 8, 2023

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in Comedy, Interviews, Press

Comedian Maysoon Zayid pushes forward through life with laughs in an interview with Queen Latifah.

Amazing Comedian/activist Maysoon Zayid was on Nick Cannon’s show this week performing stand up!

Dec 8, 2023

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in Comedy, Press, Talk Shows

Watch a clip of Maysoon performing on Nick Cannon’s show.

23 People Who Are Changing What’s Funny Right Now

Dec 8, 2023

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in Articles, Comedy, Press

Maysoon Zayid likes to call herself a “sit-down stand-up” comic. She has cerebral palsy, which requires her to stay seated as she delivers witty jokes about her own shaky condition

Maysoon Zayid: Should Humor Make Us Uncomfortable?

Dec 8, 2023

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in Articles, Comedy, Press

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

Dec 8, 2023

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in Articles, Press

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

Dec 8, 2023

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in Articles, Press

Crip Camp tells the story of that fantastical place I never knew existed that changed the course of disabled history in America.

Dec 8, 2023

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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.