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USAID freeze even affects ‘Sesame Street’!
(An update on the effect of the freezing of USAID to Palestinian civil society.)

The freeze, imposed by the US Congress as a collective punishment against the Palestinians for their UN statehood bid, remains in place. It is having a major impact on BibleLands’ Palestinian Christian partners in the West Bank. And the cuts have even led to the cancellation of the Palestinian version of Sesame Street!

This Palestinian version of the children’s TV show (Shara'a Simsim in Arabic) is filmed in Ramallah but watched by children throughout the Palestinian territories. It provides a unique reflection on life that they don’t often experience – the bright sets and colourful puppets encourage them to think about values that benefit the whole of society. The main characters Haneen, a red-headed orange muppet, and the green rooster, Kareem, have become household names for Palestinian children.

The programme first aired in 1996 and has had five seasons; each season/ show having a different theme but a key focus being peace and tolerance.

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