Shams, the newest addition to Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arab world's version of Sesame Street, will make her live debut at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair on Thursday, May 7.
Voiced by the Emirati puppeteer Asma Al Shamshi, Shams – an "energetic six-year-old" – will take to the stage att 10am, after which children will be treated to a book reading by Iftah Ya SimSim puppeteer Michel Jabali.
Elmo and Gargour will also make appearances.
• Adnec, Knowledge Square in Hall 7 – Creativity Corner A40 on May 7 from 10am
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UAE cricketers abroad
Sid Jhurani is not the first cricketer from the UAE to go to the UK to try his luck.
Rameez Shahzad Played alongside Ben Stokes and Liam Plunkett in Durham while he was studying there. He also played club cricket as an overseas professional, but his time in the UK stunted his UAE career. The batsman went a decade without playing for the national team.
Yodhin Punja The seam bowler was named in the UAE’s extended World Cup squad in 2015 despite being just 15 at the time. He made his senior UAE debut aged 16, and subsequently took up a scholarship at Claremont High School in the south of England.
