New York, NY , December 8, 2022 — Ahlan Simsim, the early childhood development initiative launched in 2018 through a partnership between the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop, ...

The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In 2018, Sesame Workshop and ...

The largest-ever humanitarian intervention in early childhood education shows that remote learning can produce results comparable to a year of in-person teaching. The other day some preschoolers were ...

During a news conference on Feb. 5, 2025, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had set aside $20 million in funding ...

Over the past couple of years, millions of kids in the Middle East have been tuning into a remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AHLAN SIMSIM") UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ...

Conducted by NYU researchers, major studies show the efficacy of Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee's initiative for children affected by conflict and crisis, through a local version ...

There's a brand new Muppet on Ahlan Simsim, the Arabic version of Sesame Street. Ameera is a basketball and science enthusiast who uses a wheelchair and crutches after a spinal cord injury. (Photo: ...

There’s a new furry friend in the neighborhood. Ameera, the latest Muppet character from the team at Sesame Workshop, will soon make her debut on the new season of “Ahlan Simsim,” the version of ...

(TNS) — The other day some preschoolers were pretending to be one of their favorite Sesame Street characters, a baby goat named Ma’zooza who likes round things. They played with tomatoes — counting up ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Anya Kamenetz about an Arabic-language remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." It's a show by the Sesame Workshop, created for Syrian refugees. Over ...