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Alyasa Abbas

Alyasa Abbas

Doha Debates Ambassador 2023

Nabila Abbas

Nabila Abbas

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Kamran Abbasi

Kamran Abbasi

Doctor and journalist

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Australian Author

Muhammad Abduhoo

Muhammad Abduhoo

Doha Debates Ambassador 2022

Muhammad Abdullah

Muhammad Abdullah

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Ewaru Abel

Ewaru Abel

Doha Debates Ambassador 2023

Hossam Abo Shammallah

Hossam Abo Shammallah

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Yana Abu Taleb

Yana Abu Taleb

Jordanian director of EcoPeace Middle East

Ranneme Abu-Hajar

Ranneme Abu-Hajar

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Yilmaz Acar

Yilmaz Acar

Doha Debates Ambassador 2023

Duaa Adnan

Duaa Adnan

Doha Debates Ambassador 2024

Maysoon Zayid

Maysoon Zayid

Palestinian American comedian and activist

About Maysoon Zayid

Maysoon Zayid is a comedian, writer and disability advocate. She was born in New Jersey to Palestinian immigrant parents and is a champion for equal access to education for children with disabilities worldwide. She co-founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and is the author of the bestselling memoir Find Another Dream. In 2010, she realized her childhood dream of tap-dancing on Broadway. In 2019 she achieved another dream when she joined the cast of the TV show General Hospital. Maysoon’s TED Talk, “I got 99 problems…palsy is just one,” was the most-viewed talk of 2014. She has been named a 2021 – ’23 Princeton Arts Fellow.

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