Keywords: Middle East, English, good practise, conflict, media, resource for trainers, visual
Where countless politicians and diplomats have failed, Elmo, Cookie Monster and their “Sesame Street” buddies are on a mission to promote peace and tolerance in the Middle East. A programming experiment using the Muppet characters has been widely welcomed by parents, educators and the media. But the Muppets are not without their critics in Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.