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Iftah Ya Simsim (2015) premiere episode clip.

No3man-Malsoun — Nu'man the camel and Malsun the parrot.

10944828 795640197175701 4425480572537349820 o — The 2015 cast.

Iftah Ya Simsim is the Kuwaiti co-production of Sesame Street. The series debuted in the fall of 1979, and and was the first Sesame co-production in Arabic. There were 130 half-hour episodes produced and broadcast on a weekday basis in various Arabic countries, before it returned to TV in 2015.

The original show featured Nu'man, a full-body camel, Malsun, the (originally yellow-green) parrot, Yaqut, a female lavender monster with colorful bumps on her head and a long nose, and Abla, a full-body cat. For the show's 2015 revival, Yaqut and Abla were dropped, and yellow monster girl Shams was introduced, along with several Anything Muppets, camels, cows, chickens, penguins and other birds that serve as side-characters.

The show's title means "Open Sesame," but the neighborhood itself is called Shari’ 'lshrin (translated as "Twentieth Street"). Key locations include the juice stand Khalil's Refreshments, located at No. 8, and Hisham's Shop, at No. 4, which sells newspapers. The large house on No. 3 is the home of Hamad the engineer and his wife, Fatima the teacher. Their next-door neighbor is Laila the nurse, and beyond is a small park. The park contains a playground, fountain, and garden, and attracts the local children. The grandfatherly peddler Abdullah plies his trade there, selling toys, books, and games from his pushcart and regaling the kids with stories. ^[1]

The Arab states of the Persian Gulf Joint Program Production Institution bought the co-production rights for a nine-year period in 1977. The Children's Television Workshop provided technical assistance, research, and provided a consulting producer. As with other co-productions, CTW also supplied Muppet sketches, cartoons, and film inserts, which were then selected and dubbed into Arabic. The studio "street" scenes were taped between May and December 1978. Although produced in Kuwait, much like the original version of Plaza Sésamo, the series was intended for the entire Arab-speaking world, and the cast included a mixture of Kuwaitis, Saudi Arabians, Iraquis, and children from twelve different Arab countries, including Algeria.

In 1990, during the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi forces invading Kuwait captured videotapes of the series and the Nu'man costume and brought them back to Iraq before being driven out by US forces. In 2003, Iraq was invaded by US forces but they have never been able to find the videotapes nor the Nu'man costume. To this day, the video tapes and the Nu'man costume remain unrecovered.^[2]

In 2011, it was announced that the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States would be creating a new version for the Gulf nations.^[3] The new version began production in 2014 and debuted on September 1, 2015.^[4]^[5]

2011 Advertisement

In 2011, a Kuwaiti telephone company recreated the characters and used them in a commercial. They also produced promotion plush and a 1 GB Nu'man USB flash drive.

Episodes

Episode gallery (1975)

Episode list, 2015

Episode 1: The Neighbors
Episode 2: First Day At School
Episode 3: Hot Summer Day
Episode 4: To The Sea
Episode 5: Date Harvest
Episode 6: Little Birdie
Episode 7: Breakfast Play
Episode 8: Hadeed The Iron Friend
Episode 9: The Visitor
Episode 10: Come And Play With Me
Episode 11: Obstacle Course
Episode 12: Slow Down Shams
Episode 13: Gone With the Wind
Episode 14: Super Noman
Episode 15: Cardboard Planes
Episode 16: Heavy Weights
Episode 17: I Can Be Anything
Episode 18: Imagination
Episode 19: Hide and Seek
Episode 20: Amal's Glasses

Cast

Iftah Ya Simsim KERMIT LOVE2 — Kermit Love with the original 1979-cast.

File:IftahYaSimsim-Cast-Extended-(2015).jpg

Some of 2015's Muppet cast.

Puppeteers:

Abdullah Hubail as Nu'Man (1979)
Unknown performer as No'Man (2015)
Tawfiq al-Asha as Malsun (1979)
Unknown performer as Melsoon (2015)
Unknown performer as Yaqut (1979)
Asma Al Shamsi as Shams (2015)
Unknown performer as Gargur (Grover, 2015)
Michel Jabali (2015)

Human Cast

Abdul Majid Quasim as Khalil
Ahmad al-Salah as Abdullah
Jasim Nabban as Hamad
Ahlam Salah as Fatima
Sana Younus as Laila
Ka'id al-Na'Mani as Hisham

Crew

Executive Producer: Ibrahim al-Yusuf
Chief Producer: Faisal al-Yasiri
Chief Writer: Yasir al-Malih
Associate Research Directors: Dr. Abdullah al-Dannan (linguistics), Dr. Said Abdul Rahman (psychological and educational affairs)

Sources

↑ Tracy, William. "Sesame Opens!", Aramco World Magazine, Volume 30, No. 5. September/October 1979.
↑ Christensen, Jen. "Reaching the next generation with 'Muppet diplomacy'", CNN.com. August 13, 2009.
↑ "20 years on, ‘Iftah Ya Simsim’ coming back to educate Gulf" June 5, 2011
↑ "Sesame Workshop and Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States Renew MOU for Iftah Ya Simsim". June 30, 2014. Sesameworkshop.org.
↑ http://kidscreen.com/2015/09/02/arabic-language-sesame-street-returns-after-25-year-hiatus/

External links

[1] Tracy, William. "Sesame Opens!", Aramco World Magazine, Volume 30, No. 5. September/October 1979.

[2] Christensen, Jen. "Reaching the next generation with 'Muppet diplomacy'", CNN.com. August 13, 2009.

[3] "20 years on, ‘Iftah Ya Simsim’ coming back to educate Gulf" June 5, 2011

[4] "Sesame Workshop and Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States Renew MOU for Iftah Ya Simsim". June 30, 2014. Sesameworkshop.org.

[5] ttp://kidscreen.com/2015/09/02/arabic-language-sesame-street-returns-after-25-year-hiatus/

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 [[Image:No3man-Malsoun.jpg|thumb|300px|Nu'man the camel and Malsun the parrot.]]
+[[Image:10944828_795640197175701_4425480572537349820_o.jpg|thumb|300px|The 2015 cast.]]
-'''''Iftah Ya Simsim''''' was the Kuwaiti coproduction of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. The series debuted  in the fall of [[1979]], and and was the first ''Sesame'' co-production in Arabic. There were 130 half-hour episodes produced and broadcast on a weekday basis in various Arabic countries.
+'''''Iftah Ya Simsim''''' is the Kuwaiti co-production of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. The series debuted in the fall of [[1979]], and and was the first ''Sesame'' co-production in Arabic. There were 130 half-hour episodes produced and broadcast on a weekday basis in various Arabic countries, before it returned to TV in [[2015]].
-The show featured [[Nu'man]], a full-body camel, [[Malsun]], the green parrot, [[Yaqut]], a female lavender monster with colorful bumps on her head and a long nose, and [[Abla]], a full-body cat.
+The original show featured [[Nu'man]], a full-body camel, [[Malsun]], the (originally yellow-green) parrot, [[Yaqut]], a female lavender monster with colorful bumps on her head and a long nose, and [[Abla]], a full-body cat. For the show's 2015 revival, Yaqut and Abla were dropped, and yellow monster girl [[Shams]] was introduced, along with several [[Anything Muppets]], camels, [[cows]], [[chickens]], [[penguins]] and other [[birds#Birds from Around the World|birds]] that serve as side-characters.
-The show's title means "Open Sesame," but the neighborhood itself is called Shari’ 'lshrin (translated as "Twentieth Street"). Key locations include the juice stand Khalil's Refreshments, located at No. 8, and Hisham's Shop, at No. 4, which sells newspapers. The large house on No. 3 is the home of Hamad the engineer and his wife, Fatima the teacher. Their next-door neighbor is Laila the nurse, and beyond is a small park. The park contains a playground, fountain, and garden, and attracts the local children. The grandfatherly peddler Abdullah plies his trade there, selling toys, books, and games from his pushcart and regaling the kids with stories.
+The show's title means "Open Sesame," but the neighborhood itself is called Shari’ 'lshrin (translated as "Twentieth Street"). Key locations include the juice stand Khalil's Refreshments, located at No. 8, and Hisham's Shop, at No. 4, which sells newspapers. The large house on No. 3 is the home of Hamad the engineer and his wife, Fatima the teacher. Their next-door neighbor is Laila the nurse, and beyond is a small park. The park contains a playground, fountain, and garden, and attracts the local children. The grandfatherly peddler Abdullah plies his trade there, selling toys, books, and games from his pushcart and regaling the kids with stories. <ref>Tracy, William. "[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197905/sesame.opens..htm Sesame Opens!]", ''Aramco World Magazine'', Volume 30, No. 5. September/October 1979.</ref>
-The Arab states of the Persian Gulf Joint Program Production Institution bought the co-production rights for a nine-year period. in [[1977]]. [[Sesame Workshop|The Children's Television Workshop]] provided technical assistance, research, and provided a consulting producer. As with other co-productions, CTW also supplied Muppet sketches, cartoons, and film inserts, which were then selected and dubbed into Arabic. The studio "street" scenes were taped between May and December 1978. Although produced in Kuwait, much like the original version of ''[[Plaza Sésamo]]'', the series was intended for the entire Arab-speaking world, and the cast included a mixture of Kuwaitis, Saudi Arabians, Iraquis, and children from twelve different Arab countries, including Algeria.
+The Arab states of the Persian Gulf Joint Program Production Institution bought the co-production rights for a nine-year period in 1977. [[Sesame Workshop|The Children's Television Workshop]] provided technical assistance, research, and provided a consulting producer. As with other co-productions, CTW also supplied Muppet sketches, cartoons, and film inserts, which were then selected and dubbed into Arabic. The studio "street" scenes were taped between May and December 1978. Although produced in Kuwait, much like the original version of ''[[Plaza Sésamo]]'', the series was intended for the entire Arab-speaking world, and the cast included a mixture of Kuwaitis, Saudi Arabians, Iraquis, and children from twelve different Arab countries, including Algeria.
-In 1990, during the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi forces invading Kuwait captured videotapes of the series and the Nu'man costume and brought them back to Iraq. To this day, they have never been recovered. <ref> [http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/generation.islam.gaza.muppets/index.html CNN], "Reaching the next generation with 'Muppet diplomacy'"</ref>
+In 1990, during the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi forces invading Kuwait captured videotapes of the series and the Nu'man costume and brought them back to Iraq before being driven out by US forces. In 2003, Iraq was invaded by US forces but they have never been able to find the videotapes nor the Nu'man costume. To this day, the video tapes and the Nu'man costume remain unrecovered.<ref>Christensen, Jen. "[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/generation.islam.gaza.muppets/index.html Reaching the next generation with 'Muppet diplomacy']", CNN.com. August 13, 2009.</ref>
+In 2011, it was announced that the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States would be creating a new version for the Gulf nations.<ref>[http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article448492.ece "20 years on, ‘Iftah Ya Simsim’ coming back to educate Gulf"] June 5, 2011</ref> The new version began production in 2014 and debuted on September 1, 2015.<ref>[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/sesame-workshop-arab-bureau-education-gulf-states-renew-mou-iftah-ya-simsim/ "Sesame Workshop and Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States Renew MOU for Iftah Ya Simsim"]. June 30, 2014. [[Sesameworkshop.org]].</ref><ref>http://kidscreen.com/2015/09/02/arabic-language-sesame-street-returns-after-25-year-hiatus/</ref>
-<gallery perrow=3 widths=200 heights=180>
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(22).JPG|
+==2011 Advertisement==
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(21).JPG|
+[[File:Iftah Ya Simsim Commercial (2011)|660px|center]]
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(20).JPG|
+In 2011, a Kuwaiti telephone company recreated the characters and used them in a commercial. They also produced promotion plush and a 1 GB Nu'man USB flash drive.
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(19).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(18).JPG|
+<gallery widths="200" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(17).JPG|
+Image:Simsim ad.jpg|The rebuilt characters for the ad
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(16).JPG|
+Image:SIMSIM PLUSH.jpg|Plush and USB flash drive
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(15).JPG|
+Image:simsim USB.jpg|USB Flash drive PVC
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(14).JPG|
+Image:Usb.jpg|USB Flash Drive PVC
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(13).JPG|
+Image:Noman.jpg|No'man Plush
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(12).JPG|
+Image:Melsoon.jpg|Melsoon plush
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(11).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(10).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(9).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(8).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(7).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(6).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(5).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(4).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(3).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(2).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(1).JPG|
-File:Iftah_Ya_Simsim.JPG|
 </gallery>
-==Cast==
+==Episodes==
-'''Puppeteers:'''
-*Abdullah Hubail as Nu'man
+==== Episode gallery (1975) ====
-*Tawfiq al-Asha as Malsun
+<gallery widths="200" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(22).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(21).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(20).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(19).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(18).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(17).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(16).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(15).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(14).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(13).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(12).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(11).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(10).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(9).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(8).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(7).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(6).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(5).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(4).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(3).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(2).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_(1).JPG
+Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim.JPG
+Image:Yaqut3.JPG
+Image:Yaqut1.JPG
+Image:simsim1.JPG
+Image:simsim.JPG
+Image:Aftah ya smsm.jpg|Poster version
+</gallery>
+=== Episode list, 2015 ===
+* [[Episode 1: The Neighbors]]
+* [[Episode 2: First Day At School]]
+* [[Episode 3: Hot Summer Day]]
+* [[Episode 4: To The Sea]]
+* [[Episode 5: Date Harvest]]
+* [[Episode 6: Little Birdie]]
+* [[Episode 7: Breakfast Play]]
+* [[Episode 8: Hadeed The Iron Friend]]
+* [[Episode 9: The Visitor]]
+* [[Episode 10: Come And Play With Me]]
+* [[Episode 11: Obstacle Course]]
+* [[Episode 12: Slow Down Shams]]
+* [[Episode 13: Gone With the Wind]]
+* [[Episode 14: Super Noman]]
+* [[Episode 15: Cardboard Planes]]
+* [[Episode 16: Heavy Weights]]
+* [[Episode 17: I Can Be Anything]]
+* [[Episode 18: Imagination]]
+* [[Episode 19: Hide and Seek]]
+* [[Episode 20: Amal's Glasses]]
+==Cast==
+[[Image:Iftah_Ya_Simsim_KERMIT_LOVE2.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Kermit Love]] with the original 1979-cast.]]
+[[Image:IftahYaSimsim-Cast-Extended-(2015).jpg|thumb|300px|Some of 2015's Muppet cast.]]
+'''Puppeteers:'''
+*[[Abdullah Hubail]] as [[Nu'Man]] (1979)
+*Unknown performer as [[No'Man]] (2015)
+*[[Tawfiq al-Asha]] as [[Malsun]] (1979)
+*Unknown performer as [[Malsun|Melsoon]] (2015)
+*Unknown performer as [[Yaqut]] (1979)
+*[[Asma Al Shamsi]] as [[Shams]] (2015)
+*Unknown performer as [[International Grover|Gargur]] ([[Grover]], 2015)
+*[[Michel Jabali]] (2015)
 '''Human Cast'''
 *Abdul Majid Quasim as Khalil
 *Ahmad al-Salah as Abdullah
 *Jasim Nabban as Hamad
 *Ahlam Salah as Fatima
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 ==Crew==
 *'''Executive Producer''': Ibrahim al-Yusuf
 *'''Chief Producer''': [[Faisal al-Yasiri]]
 *'''Chief Writer''': Yasir al-Malih
 *'''Associate Research Directors''': Dr. Abdullah al-Dannan (linguistics), Dr. Said Abdul Rahman (psychological and educational affairs)
-==References==
+==Sources==
+<references />
-{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
+* [http://iftahyasimsim.com/ Home page]
-* [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197905/sesame.opens..htm Article in Saudi Aramco World magazine]
+* [https://www.facebook.com/iftahshow Follow the show on FaceBook]
 * [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzgeo_iftah-ya-simsim-01 Video of the first episode]
-* [http://www.photoarchive.saudiaramcoworld.com/results.asp?keyword=%22Nu'man%22 Photo Archive]
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