This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The world is broken but Maysoon Zayid has come to the conclusion that we can fix it. She gave advice we don’t want to hear and explained that equality isn’t as bad as it seems. Maysoon Zayid is an actress, professional standup comedian, and writer. She received a BA in Acting from Arizona State University. She is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival. Maysoon was a full-time On Air Contributor to Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and has most recently appeared on The Queen Latifah Show and The Meredith Vieira Show. Maysoon is a recurring columnist at The Daily Beast and was a speaker at TEDWomen 2013. Maysoon has appeared on Comedy Central, PBS, CNN, HBO, MTV, ABC, BBC, and had a feature role in Adam Sandlers You Dont Mess With the Zohan. As a professional comedian, Maysoon has toured extensively in the United States and abroad. She was a headliner on the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The Muslims Are Coming Tour. Maysoons screenplay, LAW, was chosen for the Sundance Middle Eastern Screenwriters Lab and she was named one of 21 leaders of the 21st century by Womens Enews. She is the founder of Maysoons Kids, a scholarship and wellness program for disabled and wounded refugee children and was delighted to be a 2013 honoree of United Cerebral Palsy NYCs Women Who Care Awards. The world is broken | Maysoon Zayid | TEDxAthens
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:01:03 +0000
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