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Comedian and Disability Advocate - Maysoon Zayid

Comedian and Disability Advocate - Maysoon Zayid

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Where do you draw the line in comedy between what’s funny and what’s going too far?

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Zeinab Badawi speaks to comedian, actor and disability advocate
Maysoon Zayid. She was born in the United States to Palestinian
immigrant parents and since birth has been living with cerebral
palsy - a condition which affects the brain and nervous system.
She believes comedy has the power to transform lives by helping
people overcome the disadvantages of being disabled. She also
says her stand-up comedy shows help normalise the perceptions of
Muslims when many seek to demonise them. Can comedy really do all
that and where do you draw the line between what is funny and
what is going too far?

(Photo: Maysoon Zayid at the OZY FEST 2017. Credit: Brad
Barket/Getty Images)