October 26, 2021 6:30 pm
Meany Performing Arts Center
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Join comedian, disability advocate, and author Maysoon Zayid for “Survival of the Unfittest.” This one-hour talk will tackle everything from diversity to cats named Beyonce through Maysoon’s humorous lens.
Due to COVID-19, there will be no wait list or walk up admission the night of the event.
This lecture will be recorded and made available 24 hours after the lecture date. Recordings will be available on our YouTube page for two weeks following the event.
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About the speaker
Maysoon Zayid
Comedian, Actress and Disability Advocate
Maysoon Zayid is an actress, comedian, 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 most recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey Networks In Deep Shift, 60 Minutes, and ABC News. Maysoon had the most viewed TED Talk of 2014 and was named 1 of 100 Women of 2015 by BBC.
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’t Mess with the Zohan and has written for VICE. She limped in New York Fashion Week, is a recurring character on General Hospital, and is the author of Audible’s Find Another Dream.
Sponsoring Departments: The Graduate School, The D Center, UW Disability and D/deaf Cultural Center, UW Disability Studies Program