IRC and Sesame Workshop are assisting children impacted by conflict and displacement across the Middle East and North Africa in a unique nonprofit partnership.
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ABC’s new “Sesame Street” documentary “50 Years of Sunny Days” opened up the world of Jim Henson’s muppets in a never-before-seen way. Produced by TIME Studios, the Monday night special took viewers through many of the show’s iconic moments, such as original Hooper store owner Jim Hooper’s death in 1982 and the introduction of characters with autism and AIDS. And everyone from “Sesame Street” executives to former cast members to celebrities like John Oliver, Questlove, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, W. Kamau Bell, Gloria Estefan, and more shared their own experiences growing up on what they favorably referred to as “The Street.”
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The Muppet gang includes (front left to right) Oscar the Grouch, The Count, Ernie, Bert, Prairie Dawn, (back left to right) Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Grover.
BANGKOK â Six-year-old twins Noor and Aziz live in the largest refugee camp in the world. They are Rohingya Muslims who escaped ethnic cleansing in their native Myanmar for refuge in neighboring Bangladesh. They are also Muppets.
On Thursday, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit that runs the early education TV show âSesame Streetâ and operates in more than 150 countries, unveiled Aziz and Noor as the latest Muppets in their cast of characters.