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From http://www.npr.org/2015/09/06/437821382/after-25-year-hiatus-first-arabic-language-sesame-street-opens-again

After 25-Year Hiatus, First Arabic-Language 'Sesame Street' Opens Again
September 6, 2015

Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arabic-language version of Sesame Street, has re-debuted in the Middle East after a 25-year hiatus.

…When it launched in 1979, Iftah Ya Simsim ("Open Sesame") was one of the earliest foreign language spinoffs of Sesame Street — and the first Arabic-language version. But the show's studio in Kuwait City was partially destroyed by fighting from the Gulf War, and Iftah Ya Simsim went off the air.

Read the full article here: http://www.npr.org/2015/09/06/437821382/after-25-year-hiatus-first-arabic-language-sesame-street-opens-again

The new series has a YouTube channel, available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48pfslXOUx-PZTLQxZjS4g