What can be a better start to the weekend for kids than to have their favourite TV show back on air. Much-loved children's TV show Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arabic version of Sesame Street, resurfaced ...

Iftah Ya Simsim is the first Arabic-speaking version of the children's television series Sesame Street. Indoor scenes have been taken in Kuwait, while outdoor scenes were in many Arab countries and ...

Gargur, No'maan, Melsoon and Shams — four of the Muppet stars of Iftah Ya Simsim, the first Arabic-language version of Sesame Street. The show went off the air 25 years ago, and other Arabic-language ...

Iftah Ya Simsim, an Arabic-language kids’ series based on Sesame Street, is launching its second season on national TV channels across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and parts of the MENA region ...

The team behind the Iftah Ya Simsim educational initiative, consisting of 15 Arab producers and writers, visited the Sesame Street studio in New York for an up-close training session in educational ...

Abu Dhabi 1st Sept. 2015 (WAM): The eagerly awaited children's program Iftah Ya Simsim has been officially launched this morning at a spectacular event held at the Mubarak Bin Mohammed School in Abu ...

When in doubt, send in the clowns. Or, the Muppets. The Arab world is set to get its own version of Sesame Street for the first time in 25 years after a new local language version of the family ...

Accredited by the GCC's Ministries of Education, this fun learning initiative comprises of educational books and videos, which aims at propelling Arabic education in the region UAE, 24 August 2015: ...

Abu Dhabi, September 8, 2014 Iftah Ya Simsim, the television series targeted to children ages 4-6, will be headed into the studio this January! No'man, the big, gentle curious character who loves ...

Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arabic-language version of Sesame Street, has re-debuted in the Middle East after a 25-year hiatus. Cairo Arafat remembers watching the show with her younger siblings back in the ...