Find Another Dream

By: Maysoon Zayid

Narrated by: Maysoon Zayid

Find Another Dream, written and performed by Maysoon Zayid, is the true story of how a Muslim Jersey girl with cerebral palsy creates her own path to stardom.

The daughter of Palestinian immigrants, as a child she dreamed of one day dancing on Broadway. As a teen, a bubble-bursting choreographer told her to “find another dream”, so she set her sights on becoming a soap star, undeterred by the fact that the odds were against her. While chasing fame, she found her voice in stand-up comedy, performing in multiple languages in sold-out shows all over the world.

When not touring, Maysoon Zayid is a passionate advocate who fights for access to education for disabled students worldwide and battles bullying online. In this Audible Original x Hello Sunshine, Maysoon tells tales of family, friendship, love, and career. She takes us on a hilarious, poignant journey of failures and successes. When her dreams turn into nightmares, she finds another dream until finally, the one she least expected comes true.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Maysoon Zayid (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

Thank you

I love your story. I heard you in the TED talk, and since then I am a fan. Thank you I will try to remember ...yes I can can. Lovely memory of your father, and the importance of friendship and family to support you.
Thank you I laughed, I cried and I entertained myself from the beginning to the last sentence

Great story until she got into politics

I really enjoyed Maysoon’s story about her family. It was entertaining and fun to hear about her family dynamics. She was hilarious and I really liked her, her family and learning about her culture. I admired her spunk and fighting spirit and that she never gave up in pursuing her dreams! I was disappointed when she got into politics though. It’s okay if don’t like our president, it’s a free country and everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don’t care about that, but the name calling and bashing was very disrespectful and in poor taste. It was also sad to me that she couldn’t be friends with her life-long friends just because they didn’t agree with her position. That is very immature.

Enjoyable and easy to listen to

Enjoyed this story and her telling of it. Political comments at the end were disappointing. I prefer my entertainment to be free of politics regardless of the side one supports

important

not hilarious or shocking or a "must read". but important for those of us unlike her to hear her story. so if you are not Muslim, or don't have a physical disability, or not a woman, this is worth your time.

Interesting but also meh

Maysoon first came across my radar from her TED talk. Some of this book is just an extended version of that speech. Overall, she is inspiring, but her writing style isn't necessarily my cup of tea.

Speaking truth!

I loved this book. Maysoon Zayid, previously unknown to me, has highlighted exactly why I didn't know her. Her amazing talent and stubborn, wholehearted commitment to her passion are there, it's temporarily able-bodied folks like me who aren't listening. I'm glad I could listen to this.

she is so funny!

I loved joining her on this journey of her life. This was such a fun and easy read.

Brilliant

I laughed...I cried... it's everything you would hope for! Maysoon Zayid, you are my hero!

Funny and real

Zayid kept it real and funny. Inspiring book, not just because she has a disability, you actually forget about that. But because where she finds herself throughout her life, doing things she dreamed off as a child. The walk away from this is she has the positive mentality that we all wish we had, not allowing ourselves to limit our goals because of what we believe limit us, our incapabilities. She is real life example of all those self help books we all keep reading.

loved this

such a light, funny listen. I laughed and cried and found it endearing. worth a listen