Tomorrow's Pioneers
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-owned television station Al-Aqsa TV from April 13, 2007 to October 16, 2009.[1]
The show had a child host Saraa Barhoum and her co-host, a large costumed animal as they perform skits (or "scenes"). They talk about life in Palestine with children (usually from age 9–13 with some as young as 3) call in.[2][3]
Tomorrow's Pioneers is highly controversial because they talk about things that could be seen as antisemitism, Islamism, anti-Americanism, and pro-martyrdom.[4] The show had four seasons, with each season having a new animal costume co-host. The first three animal co-hosts died from either being beaten to death by an Israeli, dying of an illness or killed in an Israeli bombing.[5][6][7]
New episodes would usually be released on Fridays.[8]
The four costumed animal co-hosts were Farfour the Mouse, Nahoul the Bee, Assoud the Bunny and Nassur the Bear.[9]
The daughter of Walt Disney warned the show about its first animal co-host, Farfour, was a Mickey Mouse costume, and the studio because it was used without Disney's permission.[10]
References
change- ↑ Shubert, Atika. "Hamas kids TV show with militant mouse to air Friday", CNN.com, 2007-05-15
- ↑ Edwards, David and Keshawi, Azmi. Jihad TV for kids[permanent dead link]. Daily Mirror. 24 September 2007.
- ↑ Ramadan, Mohammed. ممثل يؤدي شخصية فرفور صوتيا فى برنامج رواد الغد الذي يعرض على فضائية الاقصى التابعة لحماس Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. IslamOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ↑ In Gaza, Hamas's Insults to Jews Complicate Peace New York Times, April 1, 2008
- ↑ "Hamas TV show kills militant mouse character". CNN. June 30, 2007.
- ↑ Hamas TV Bunny makes deathbed call for Palestine 'liberation,' By TORI CHEIFETZ, Jerusalem Post, Feb 6, 2009 [1]
- ↑ Teaching tots terror: Hamas TV promotes culture of death for Palestinian children Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/02/03/2009-02-03_teaching_tots_terror_hamas_tv_promotes_c.html[permanent dead link]
- ↑ برنامج عبر الأثير: أفنان وأغصان Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Aqsa Voice. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ↑ New Al-Aqsa TV Teddy Bear Nassur Vows to Join Military Wing of Hamas . MEMRITV.org. 13 February 2009.
- ↑ "Disney condemns Hamas Mickey Mouse" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, ITN.com, 2007-05-09
