Mideast's Sesame Street Copes with War

(New York Times) - An Israeli-Palestinian co-production of Sesame Street, which now includes Jordanians, is running into difficulty as the concept of a place where people and puppets from those three groups can mingle freely has become untenable. Reflecting the somber mood in the Middle East, producers see their best hope as helping children to humanize their historic enemies through separate but parallel stories.


2002-07-30 00:00:00

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