Muppets help conflict kids with emotions in new Arabic 'Sesame Street' A band of Muppets, both old favourites and new friends, will star in an Arabic retooling of "Sesame Street" with a regional twist.\\nIn its Western iterations, the long-running franchise addresses issues including family breakdown. The new Middle East version instead seeks to help children, especially young Syrian refugees, cope with emotions.\\n IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES