NYU Abu Dhabi
13 September 8pm Arabic
14 September 8pm English
With grace and wit, the hilarious comedian, actor/writer, and disability advocate jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Performances in Arabic and English.
Maysoon is the co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest, and appears frequently on television, on stage in top New York clubs and on stages across the US and internationally. She was a headliner on the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The Muslims Are Coming Tour, and appeared alongside Adam Sandler in the feature film You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. Maysoon had the number one TED Talk of 2014 — “I Got 99 Problems…Palsy is Just One” with more than 14 million views to date — and she was named 1 of 100 Women of 2015 by BBC.