Category: Performing
Country: United States

About

Actress and standup comedian, Maysoon Zayid, is considered a pioneer as the first Muslim American comedian to successively navigate the competitive channels of Hollywood and American media at large. She is also considered a pioneer for premiering as the first person to perform standup in Palestine and Jordan. Zayid has been featured on Comedy Central’s The Watch List, PBS’S America at a Crossroads: Muslim Comics Stand Up, and in Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. Her other Hollywood sightings include As the World Turns, Law & Order, MTV, NBC Nightly News, CNN & ABC’s 20/20. She is also currently a headliner on the “Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour” Some of her leadership roles include her work as a cofounder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival. In 2008, Zayid’s screenplay Little American Whore (LAW) was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab; Zayid has been casted as the lead of production. As a Muslim Arab American Zayid is active in American media and entertainment, Zayid remains connected to her global community through her organization “Maysoon’s Kids” in Palestine. Maysoon’s Kids is a wellness program for Palestinian refugee children who are injured or are living with disabilities.