Looking Back at Year Three of Ahlan Simsim: A Year of Adaptation

Jad shares a story with friends in Amman, Jordan. Ryan Donnell/Sesame Workshop

Year three of Ahlan Simsim put our program’s flexibility to the test. In February 2020, we debuted the first season of Ahlan Simsim, a new Sesame show for a rising generation of children across the Middle East and North Africa. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted our program implementation models to ensure that children affected by crisis and displacement would…