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Watch: “I got 99 problems and palsy is just one."

Maysoon Zayid isn’t your ordinary stand up comedian/actress/philanthropist.

She is one of 17 million people worldwide living with cerebral palsy, a condition that has no known cure. But that doesn’t stop her, and that’s what makes her bloody awesome.

In her recent TED talk, Maysoon describes herself as “Shakira meets Muhammad Ali – I shake all the time.”

“I got 99 problems and cerebral palsy is just one. I’m Palestinian, I’m Muslim, I’m female and I live in New Jersey.”

Having danced on Broadway, advocated for the disabled and seen as one of the first American Muslim women comedians, watching Maysoon speak is extremely inspiring and constantly hilarious. But don’t tell her that.

She will have you high-fiving your screen in no time.

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