comedian, actor and disability advocate maysoon zayid, who was born in the united states to palestinian immigrant parents. since birth, she has been living with cerebral palsy, a condition that affects the brain and nervous system. the conversation explores the power of comedy, particularly its ability to help people overcome disadvantage and prejudice, and prejudice, and asks where the line needs to be draw between humour and going too far. theme music plays maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk thank you so much for having me. really wa nt thank you so much for having me. really want to shake your hand at a shake too much to do so. consider it done. you said that you could win the gold medal of pressure olympics. i would definitely win the gold medal, i am i would definitely win the gold medal, iam palestinian, muslim, a woman of colour, disabled and i live in donald trump's america. you do not get more oppressed than that. we will come to donald trump's america perhaps a little bit later. what does it mean to have cerebral palsy. in my case might cerebral palsy was a result of the docto