Generations of Egyptians hold their favorite Ramadan childhood shows close to their hearts. Teaching important lessons on friendship, loyalty, and the world—Ramadan childhood programs were entertaining and informative all-together. Although there have been remakes of some of the childhood programs and cartoons, the feeling of watching the original shows is incomparable for many generations who gathered around television around iftar time. Their influences were unmistakably noteworthy and their impacts lasted lifetimes—here is a collection of childhood shows from Ramadans past that will take viewers back to the eras they aired. Boogie w Tamtam Boogie w Tamtam (Boogie and Tamtam) is Egypt’s beloved childhood show. The show followed puppets Boogie and Tamtam as they encountered many aspects of Egyptian society in their daily lives, and revolved around the characters’ response to their life problems. The show ran for 18 years, first airing in the 1970s until it stopped in the 1990s. Bakkar Few can stumble upon the world Bakkar without singing along to Mohamed Mounir’s catchy opening song. Each episode of Bakkar centered around his adventures with his friends at school as well as his goat Rashdia—often inside and outside his…
