Iftah Ya Simsim
Iftah Ya Simsim (; meaning "Open Sesame") is the first international co-production of the American children's television series "Sesame Street" created in the Arab world. It premiered in Kuwait on September 14, 1979 and was broadcast in 22 Arabic-speaking countries, running until April 6, 1990. The program continued to be well-known decades after it went off the air. In 1978, educators, mass media officers, and social planners agreed to adopt "Sesame Street" as a feasible and economical solution for the low attendance in preschools and illiteracy that plagued the region. They approached the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), the producers of the American show, and purchased the rights to create an Arab version for US$2.5 million.
Ivan Korsak
Ivan Korsak was born on 15 September 1946 in Zabolottya (in the Ratne district of Volyn region). As an undergraduate in college he studied agronomy and journalism. Korsak worked as an editor of the newspaper "Radyans'ke Polissya" in Kamin-Kashyrsky (1975–90), and also for "Narodna trybuna" in Lutsk (1990–95). In 1996, he became the chief editor of the newspaper "Simya i Dim". Korsak has been a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine and an editorial board member of the newspaper "Literary Ukraine" since 2011. Ivan Korsak has been elected Deputy of the Volyn Regional Council three times. He is currently chief editor of the newspaper "Simya i Dim".– These works are mainly on historical subjects.