It just didn't make me laugh.I really enjoyed Maysoon's sometimes cynical, always entertaining, narration of her life to date. She gives the reader her two cents without coming off as preachy or arrogant, and even though I am most definitely not a disabled Palestinian actor from New Jersey, I still felt connected to the story.If I am being honest, which I always am ha ha, I have only ever hear of Maysoon Zayid because of her TED talk. I enjoyed hearing her story and was glad I listened to her book.
Much of the memoir focuses on I listened to this as an audible original as well as read the accompanying pdf and was quite entertained. Zayid took comedy classes instead, began to get gigs, and after Sept. 11 started the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival with Dean Obeidallah. Much of the memoir focuses on her family, especially her relationship with her father, her education (her mom was determined all of her girls would be well educated), "dating" (conservative Muslim girls don't date), and finding a husband, she also spends quite a bit of time talking about her career and the people who helped support her or stood in her way as she tried to figure out what exactly she wanted to do.
I don't know Maysoon Zayid. The story is also about a person living with cerebral palsy and her dreams to be things that others thought she could not be. I would recommend everyone read this, it's inspiring and will push you to see people differently and capable of more than their appearance may show. Though maybe they are simply deleting and remaking the book itself on goodreads? Without really knowing it, she is an ambassador for understanding between people of different faiths, and especiallyI liked hearing Maysoon tell about her unusual life. I learned a lot about her religious beliefs as a Muslim.
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Although I prefer not to read an author's political opinions, it's her story and she can say whatever she wants. Maysoon killed her narration and her writing!
In this Audible Original x Hello Sunshine, Maysoon tells tales of family, friendship, love, and career. She seems like a smart, determined, funny woman and it was neat reading about her life and family, but I probably wouldn't have bought this book (it was offered for free as part of a promotion). This is a great one to listen to when you need a little laugh in the middle of a long afternoon at the office.This audiobook is so entertaining! Nothing funny there. However, I've read other such autobiographies that still managed to be funny. I would recommend everyone read this, it's inspiring and will push you to see people differently and capable of more than their appearance may show. She has cerebral palsy but refuses to let it define her. I think she makes a great ambassador for women, disabled, Palestinians, and Muslims as she talks very honestly about her own personal experiences while sharing her vision of a fairer future for all. She has cerebral palsy but refuses to let it define her. As someone who is neither Muslim nor Jewish (But I know plenty of people who are), the topic of Israeli vs Palestine made me feel uneasy, especially when she made her viewpoints about it known.The story I needed to hear. I just couldn't connect to it.I honestly had never heard of Maysoon Zayid before this, and I'm ashamed of that. It is completely the author's choice to include such discussion, but it likely will dissuade others of different opinions and/or looking for a temporary escape from the political landscape from absorbing her life experiences.I don’t feel comfortable to rate this. Comedian, Actress, Disability Advocate & Tap DancerOn July 23rd at 7PM, I was supposed to be appearing live at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for a celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s 30th Anniversary. This page was originally created by my friend Ramzi Zaccharia. On July 23rd at 7PM, I was supposed to be appearing live at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for a celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s 30th Anniversary. Although it is not something she can hide, she becomes successful as a standup comic, and an actress on a daytime soap opera.