Play to Learn Humanitarian Response Introduces Rohingya Muppets to Sesame Street
Dec 24, 2020
Noor (short for Noor Yasmin) and Aziz are two of the newest members of the Sesame Street family. Introduced earlier this month, the six-year-old Muppet twins are modeled after Rohingya children living in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh - the world’s largest refugee camp - and aim to become teachers and friends.
“Noor and Aziz are at the heart of our efforts to bring early education and learning through play to children and caregivers affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis, who have been impacted tremendously by the dual crises of displacement and the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sherrie Westin, President of Social Impact for Sesame Workshop, said in a press statement.
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Posted December 20, 2020 3:39 p.m. EST
Updated December 21, 2020 12:21 p.m. EST
By Alaa Elassar, CNN
CNN Rohingya children raised amid political turmoil have few opportunities to see themselves represented in the media. Sesame Workshop is helping to change that.
The nonprofit organization, best known for producing Sesame Street, unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets on Thursday: 6-year-old twins Noor and Aziz.
The siblings will be featured in Rohingya-language educational media along with such familiar characters as Elmo.
Rohingya children will recognize themselves in the Muppets, who live in a refugee camp in Bangladesh and are surrounded by the same culture, traditions, and language as they are.