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Actress and professional stand up comedian Maysoon Zayid has featured on Comedy Central's The Watch List and PBS's America at a Crossroads: Muslim Comics Stand Up. Maysoon, who lives with Cerebral Palsy, draws on her experience of disability and the trials of being a female American born to Palestinian parents for her comedy act. She has been quoted as saying "comedy is pain plus time." Funny Arabs: a laugh about living in the West and being Arab at the same time. From marriage to politics, family to TV, food to romance and celebrity culture.