Tomorrow's Pioneers
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Tomorrow's Pioneers (Arabic: رواد الغد Ruwād al-Ghad), also known as The Pioneers of Tomorrow, is a Palestinian children's television show. The series was broadcast by the Hamas-affiliated television station Al-Aqsa TV from April 13, 2007 to October 16, 2009, and featured young host Saraa Barhoum and her co-host Farfour, a large Mickey Mouse-like costumed character, performing skits (or "scenes") and discussing life in Palestine in a talk show fashion with call-ins from children (typically of age 9–13 with some as young as 3).[2][3] Presented in a children's educational format similar to such other preschool shows as Sesame Street or Barney & Friends, Tomorrow's Pioneers is highly controversial as it contains antisemitism, Islamism, anti-Americanism, and other anti-Western themes.
Tomorrow's Pioneers | |
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Arabic | رواد الغد |
Created by | Hazim Al-Sha'arawi[1] |
Directed by | Fathi Hamad |
Creative director | Samir Abu Muhssen |
Presented by | Hazim Al-Sha'arawi |
Starring |
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Country of origin | Palestine |
Original language | Arabic |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 21 |
Production | |
Producer | Samir Abu Muhssen |
Production locations | Al-Aqsa TV Gaza Strip |
Editor | Hazim Al-Sha'arawi |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Al-Aqsa TV |
Release | April 13, 2007 (2007-04-13) – October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16) |
The show is considered to be the successor to an earlier Hamas-broadcast children's radio program series entitled Ovan and Branches (Arabic: أفنان وأغصان). Broadcast weekly on Fridays and running for 85 minutes, the program is also moderated by Hazim Al-Sha'arawi.[4] Israeli sources have characterized it as "the 'most serious' of martyrdom operations."[3] Arabic sources have said that the broadcasts of Ovan and Branches have been jammed by Israel in the past.