Maysoon Zayid

This week, Margaret talks with actress and comedian Maysoon Zayid about being Palestinian American and how this identity helped kick off her comedy career.

Also in this episode:

• Maysoon talks about wanting to be a voice for the disabled community and shines a light on ‘disability porn’
• The General Hospital role that has been the culmination of Maysoon’s lifelong dream
• That time Maysoon compared Yasser Arafat to Luke from General Hospital (read the article here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/radioactive-revelations-raise-the-question-who-killed-arafat)

To learn more about Maysoon, check out her Ted Talk or visit her website here: https://maysoon.com/

The Margaret Cho is an Earios production.

Theme music by Garrison Starr.

Contact Margaret at [email protected].

Edited by Tracy Levy.

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