Arabic Cartoon
Ted Brathwaite
The first cartoon above is by Abdallah, published in the independent Al-Doustor newspaper in 2006. The paper was prone to printing dissident art, but I was surprised to find this vulgar cartoon in the National Archives. My guess is that, like the example of Mekky, the Latinized version of the word slipped pass the editors.
In the midst of Exam season, with my trillion essays and finals to worry about, I search for random cartoons from my early days..and I come across this website and LITERALLY have an emotional breakdown :
As for Sally,lol,when we left kuwait,after few years i believe my uncle sent me from there one of Sally tapes..ya3ni yimkin 6ala3ta taqriban 50 marra,the same shari6...lol...chaan binna fogor masra7iyaat abo 3lewi and those cartoons,so whenever someone send us one of their ashri6ah,ya3ni lazim 50 illa 100 marra in3id ilsharee6 winshoofa..la wichmala min kil 3aqilna we were concentrating on it soo much as if it was the first time inshoofah..and till now,if you put for me 'sayf il3arab' i will still laugh at abo 3lewi's 7arakaat.
I grew up watching cartoons like Captain Majid, and some other weird Arabic cartoons lol on Saudi Channel 1. Captain Majid was an Ownag3 cartoon! Even though I didn't understand a word, cuz' it was all in Arabic lol. I forgot how the opening song went :D.
awww ilsanaafir....willich faithful al7een ya3ni illa itbachinna...now ballah shlon,i want to watch alsanaffir al7een,illa al7een..shassawi?!!..killa minnich,"khilqiliyaa min ta7t il2arth"..(thats what my mom says,when i was young and used to loose my thahab necklaces or taraachi,lool,itgool those words...)...
hmm,I still dont understand why are they soo expensive though,the easiest way,is to tell my uncle who comes to canada (from kowait) everysummer,to get me and you some of those cartoons...ha sheno rayyich?...bass let me know,ayhom tabin?..
اولهم..كابتن مااااااااجد...اتذكر القنوات الكثيرة التي كانت تعرضه وفي نفس الوقت..يخلص الاول غير القناة الى الاخرى..وهكذا...لم نشبع منه :wacko:
al-hawraa: loool I did the same!! Ask anyone in my family, anytime we got a tape I'd kill them with it by watching it over and over again :D The sad part is I used to have most of these tapes but they've all disappeared, I still have Sayf el Arab, Um 3li, Azma w t3adee, lawlakee and moreee...inshallah if i travel soon I plan on buying alot of the old dvds!
Ana bitzakkir mara, 3amreh shee 7 sneen, ken fee kazaayif nezleen ou ma ba3rif shoo bi beirut. Bass keno 7atteen Sasuki 3al tilvizyon. Wa kint 7emil il bonbon 3ilket sasuki. Ken il kahraba 3anna m'atta3, fa ma ken fee telvizyon. Wa nzilit 3an il jiran bidoon is'al ahleteh, la'anno ken 3andon generator, wa 3irifit iza sa'alton ma keno ykhallooneh i7dar sasuki, fa harabit 3and il jiran wa 7daret sasuki :D :D . bass ba3d ma rji3et 3al bet, ya lateeeeeef, janno jnoonon janno jnoonon. Bass shoo badna na3mil ya zalameh, sasuki ken awlaa minil kill :blush:
I'm sorry Faith. I wanted to buy you one of the cartoons but after looking at the price... Ma testahleen. :P Unless I use my tuition money. :unsure: Bess la tez3aleen. lunch is on me on Monday. :dry:
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Cartoon Network Arabia (Arabic: كرتون نتورك بالعربية) is a pan-Arab free-to-air children's television channel that is broadcast to Arab audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. It is one of two Arabic-language versions of the original Cartoon Network, the other being a pay television channel on beIN and additional providers known as Cartoon Network MENA, which is available in both English and Arabic.
The channel launched on 10 October 2010, coinciding with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System Europe's offices in Dubai Media City. As of 2023, it is managed by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division.
The standard channel broadcasts via Arabsat Badr 6 and Nilesat. Cartoon Network Arabic is considered a free-to-air alternative to Cartoon Network MENA and Cartoonito MENA, two pay TV channels offered in the Arab world in HD and in both English and Arabic on beIN Network and additional providers since 1 July 2016, despite the varying differences in programming, schedules, and available languages.
Cartoon Network Arabic was launched on 10 October 2010 at 10:10 am GST.[1][2] The channel's launch coincided with the opening of Turner Broadcasting System's offices in Dubai Media City, UAE, which is where the channel's local owner is located.[3]
In December 2015, Turner Broadcasting System entered an exclusivity deal with the Qatar-based beIN Media Group.[4] This deal led to Cartoon Network Africa, Boomerang Africa, and TCM moving from OSN to the latter's beIN Network service, and also caused the HD feed on YahLive to shut down; the actual channel, however, is unaffected due to being a free-to-air channel on Nilesat and Arabsat/Badr. Cartoon Network Arabic was added to beIN as channel 138 as an HD channel, although the HD version was later replaced with the SD version on Arabsat/Badr. CNN International HD was removed from My-HD's channel list and moved to beIN as an encrypted HD channel along with the pay-only HLN, which is in letterboxed SD, but CNN continues to remain available as a free-to-air channel on Nilesat and Arabsat/Badr in SD. However, subscribers to Etisalat and du's IPTV services in the UAE were virtually unaffected at the time. However, due to their direct relations with Turner, UAE Telecoms, Etisalat and Du continue to offer these channels to IPTV subscribers.[4] Additionally, inVision in Saudi Arabia, Ooredoo in Qatar and Cablevision in Lebanon offer Cartoon Network and Boomerang as well.
On March 17, 2023, Twitter user Chahine Arfaoui posted a video of the channel getting hijacked and playing an unofficial animation of Roddy Ricch's Ballin. The video went viral on YouTube, before it was revealed to be a hoax.
The channel is one of the only available in Arabic (the other being Spacetoon), with no choice but to switch to English or any other language. This is due to the fact that the channel is a free-to-air TV channel aimed solely at an Arabic-speaking audience.
The channel broadcasts a line of Cartoon Network's own shows dubbed in English. Cartoon Network Arabic has also offered numerous localized shows, such as Mansour and the Arabic version of Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge, which are the result of various partnerships deals with local production companies, including the Dubai-based Lammtara Pictures (Freej) or the Jordan-based Rubicon Group Holding (Ben & Izzy, Tareq wa Shireen). The channel often edits certain programs for content, cutting out certain scenes due to potentially inappropriate content for Arabs. In September 2018, Cartoon Network Arabic started airing Kral Şakir as -ليث the king-.
In 2011, Turner Broadcasting System Europe had announced that it would roll out its UK-based preschoolers' channel Cartoonito across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, increasing the brand's distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories.[8] On Cartoon Network Arabic, Cartoonito was launched as a morning block broadcast every day starting from 4 September 2011. However, the block was phased out on 1 April 2014, with some of its shows no longer available (although Baby Looney Tunes broadcasts on Boomerang HD and LazyTown airs on CN Arabic early in the morning).
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