Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, actress, writer and disability advocate. A graduate of Arizona State University and a Princeton Fellow, she co-founded and co-executive produces the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest.

Her 2014 TED Talk was the most viewed of that year. She was an on-air contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and a columnist for The Daily Beast, and has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, ABC News and OWN. As a comedian she has sold out top New York clubs and toured widely, headlining the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The Together Live Tour.

She appeared alongside Adam Sandler in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, has a recurring role on General Hospital, and has written for Glamour. She is the author of the memoir Find Another Dream and the graphic novel Shiny Misfits (Scholastic, 2024).

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