"Seasame Street" brings peace to the Middle East

Amid grooving on his mini-synthesizer, Israeli-Arab Mahboub has been attempting to lead a generation of children in the Middle East to abandon hate and embrace acceptance. Despite the odds, he may just have a chance. How so? Mahboub is a Sesame Street Muppet. The furry blue monster premiered on Rechov Sumsum, Israel's Sesame Street adaptation, in December as the world's first Arab-Israeli Muppet.

"We wanted to make the Israeli kids admire him and his abilities," said Motti Aviram, Rechov Sumsum's producer. "Arabs in Israel are like Israelis

posted by Ben Block on 8/10/2007 4:18 pm | COMMENTS (1)
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Thanks for this hopeful message. What we teach the young is the world we will live in as we age. (Anne Thomas, Sendai, Japan)

posted by Anne Thomas on 8/12/2007 5:46 am

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