Maysoon Zayid

With grace and wit, hilarious comedian, best-selling author, and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy

Bint Balad is a laugh out loud tale of beating the odds and bouncing back in the face of failure. As a Palestinian, disabled woman growing up in America, her family taught her to dream big and to have no fear. She’ll perform two shows, one in English (on Jan 15) and one in Arabic (on Jan 17). 

Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, actress, writer, and disability advocate. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and a Princeton Fellow. 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 and a columnist for The Daily Beast. She has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, ABC News, and Oprah Winfrey Networks. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014 and was thrilled to collaborate with Huda Beauty.

As a professional comedian, Maysoon has sold out 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 Together Live Tour. Maysoon appeared in the critically acclaimed The Ride Along and has written for Glamour magazine. She limped in New York Fashion Week and is a recurring character on General Hospital. She is the author of the best-selling memoir Find Another Dream and Scholastic’s graphic novel Shiny Misfits. She is also the voice of the central character Bay Ann on the Audible version. https://maysoon.com/