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Maysoon Zayid is an actress, comedian, 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<\/em> and a columnist for The Daily Beast. She has most recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey Networks In Deep Shift, 60 Minutes<\/em>, and ABC News<\/em>. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014 and was named 1 of 100 Women of 2015 by BBC.<\/p>\n 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\u2019t Mess with the the Zohan<\/em> and has written for VICE. She limped in New York Fashion Week, is a recurring character on General Hospital, <\/em>and is the author of Audible’s Find Another Dream.<\/em><\/p>\n2020 Speaker List<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maysoon Zayid <\/strong>
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