Maysoon Zayid (ميسون زايد, b. 1974) is a New Jerseyan actress, comedian and activist. She is considered one of America's first Muslim women comedians and the first person ever to perform standup in Palestine and Jordan.
Zayid appeared on the 20 January 2011 edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, discussing Governor Robert J. Bentley's bigoted comment that anyone who is not a born-again Christian is "not my brother and...not my sister."
On the 5 July 2011 edition, she discussed the potential presidential candidacy of David Duke, former Louisiana State Representative and Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who is seeking the Republican Party nomination with the support of the Tea Party.