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The disabled Palestinian standup helping refugees find their funny side
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Rachel Shabi - October 26, 2009 - 11:00pm

"I am officially the most oppressed person in the world," Maysoon Zayid recently told an audience in California. "I'm a Palestinian Muslim with cerebral palsy." Zayid, the first female standup ever to perform in Palestine and Jordan, added that her shaking often caught the eye of airport security staff, who think: "That chick's nervous!" It's a situation not helped by the fact her dad likes to drop her off – and he looks like Saddam Hussein.

Shibley Telhami Accepts Award at ATFP Fourth Annual Gala

ATFP Fourth Annual Gala - Dr. Shibley Telhami

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Dr. Telhami makes some remarks after receiving the ATFP Award for Excellence in Scholarship

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Hussein Ibish delivers a letter from Rep. Howard Berman

ATFP Fourth Annual Gala - Berman Letter

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Hussein Ibish reads a letter from House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Representative Howard Berman

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The following is the text of a letter from Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, addressed to ATFP President Ziad J. Asali on the occasion of the Fourth Annual ATFP Gala, Oct. 15, 2009.