Maysoon Zayid, the Girl Who Can Can - Hardcover
by Seema Yasmin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Seema Yasmin, Noha HabaiebSeries:Muslim MavericksAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2/10/2026Pages:80
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for YouISBN-13:9781665953429ISBN-10:166595342XUPC:9781665953429Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Middle Eastern & Arab American, Health & Daily LivingBook Topic:Women, Physical ImpairmentsSize:8.40 x 5.60 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCNQ9NJP9K
From the prolific Pulitzer Prize-nominated Muslim reporter Dr. Seema Yasmin comes an exciting nonfiction chapter book about one of America's first female Muslim comedians--Maysoon Zayid--the first in the riveting and inspirational Muslim Mavericks. This is the story of the girl who could! Maysoon Zayid was just a girl from New Jersey. She might have sometimes felt like she was in the shadow of her three older sisters, but in her dreams, she was Mimi--an amazing actress, comedian, and dancer! The only problem? People kept telling Maysoon her dreams were impossible! Achieving her goals certainly wasn't easy; as a Palestinian Muslim girl born with cerebral palsy, Maysoon faced all sorts of challenges--both physical and societal. But Maysoon didn't dare give up. Instead, she followed her heart all the way to the screen and stage to become one of America's first ever women Muslim comedians and an actress on her favorite TV show.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for YouISBN-13:9781665953429ISBN-10:166595342XUPC:9781665953429Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Middle Eastern & Arab American, Health & Daily LivingBook Topic:Women, Physical ImpairmentsSize:8.40 x 5.60 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCNQ9NJP9K
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, medical doctor, professor, and poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University and worked as a disease detective for the US federal government's Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a regular contributor to CNN, Self, and Scientific American, among others. Noha Habaieb is a Tunisian French visual storyteller, working between Doha and Tunis. After studying comics in Belgium, she returned to Tunisia where she cofounded the Lab619, an award-winning comics collective. Noha took part in the evolution of Lab619's first comics magazine for adults by participating with her original comics and organizing artistic residencies themed around migration, identity and borders. In 2017, she cofounded Koskh, an illustration studio based in Tunisia, which aims to promote Tunisian heritage through illustrations for children and adults. She's the illustrator of the Muslim Mavericks chapter book series written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated Dr. Seema Yasmin.
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