Maysoon Zayid

Quotes

• “I was able to walk at 5. I had to be able to walk in order to be mainstreamed into public school. And my father worked d...”
• “My friend and I founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival to counter the negative images of Arabs in media. And...”
• “The people that I grew up with had no problem with my faith. They did, however, seem very concerned that I would starve ...”
• “I'm not here to impose Sharia law, and I'm not here to have a message about disability being inspirational - I'm here to...”
• “I'm a person who watches TV all the time - all the time I love TV. And I really think that the media heavily influences ...”
• “We have been sold a Muslim boogeyman. We are buying into it, and we are terrified, and that terror is causing people to ...”
• “If you're disabled, and you're trying to achieve your dreams, accept the fact right now that you have to work 500 times ...”