Posted on 10/18/2005 8:40:16 AM PDT by Brainhose
They're a famously dysfunctional family from small-town America but suddenly they have all learned Arabic and started talking like Egyptians. The Simpsons have changed their name to Shamsoon. Bart, the skateboarding, gum-chewing delinquent has become Badr. Homer, his slobbish dad, has become Omar and has given up Duff beer and pork sausages, at least for the duration of Ramadan.
As a treat for TV viewers during the month of fasting, the Dubai-based satellite network MBC has dubbed into Arabic 30 episodes of The Simpsons and is showing them twice a day. MBC, which has heavily promoted the series, signed up several of the most popular Egyptian actors - including Mohammed Heneidi and Hanan Turk - to provide new voices for the characters.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
apparently he becomes an ineffective suicide bomber
Omar is working in the Iranian nuclear program.
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