Iftah Ya Simsim (Arabic: إفتح يا سمسم) is the first Arabic-speaking version of the children's television series Sesame Street. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Children's television series are Television programs designed for and marketed to Children normally broadcast during the Morning and Afternoon Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining Indoor scenes have been taken in Kuwait, while outdoor scenes were in many Arab countries and the world. Actors, players and children have been selected to represent more than 12 Arab countries.
In May 1977, for $2. 5 million, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf Joint Program Production Institution bought the Arab world rights to the Sesame Street concept for a nine-year period, as well as CTW's technical assistance, research and production advice and the services of a resident consulting producer during the production period in Kuwait. The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are made of the kingdoms of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the States Under the agreement, CTW was also to provide 15 hours of cross-cultural material, such as animal or nature films, from the U. S. program, which would be selected by the institution as appropriate for Arab children and dubbed into Arabic at a sound studio in Baghdad. The studio segment of the program was taped in a 5400 square foot studio between May and December 1978.
The show premiered in autumn 1979. 130 half-hour episodes were aired five times a week over twenty-six weeks.
Iftah Ya Simsim was the first Sesame Street co-production in Arabic. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining Today localised versions of Sesame Street are produced and seen in the Palestine territories, Jordan, and Egypt. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining
Characters
- No'Man, a camel equivlent of Big Bird played by Abdullah Hubail, a Kuwaiti
- Melsoon, a light green parrot wearing a tie "played" by Syrian actor Tawfiq al-Asha
- Yaqut, a lavender monster with a long nose
External links
- Sesame Opens!, by William Tracy in Saudi Aramco World September/October 1979, Vol. 30, No. 5 [1]
- First Episode of Iftah Ya Simsim from Dailymotion [2]
- Alam Simsim airs in Egypt[3]
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