New Emirati children’s cartoon مسلسل الأطفال الإماراتي منصور

Mansour is UAE’s latest children’s cartoon. The show has 13 episodes, and follows the life of a 10 year old Emirati boy. The developers want the cartoon to infuse a national and patriotic Emirati pride and spirit, in children and viewers alike, especially considering the UAE’s low national population rate of just 10%.

يشكل الإماراتيون اليوم حوالي 10٪ فقط من إجمالي عدد سكان الإمارات، وبالتالي فهم يواجهون احتمالات تراجع الهوية الوطنية والإرث الثقافي الأصيل. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، فإن وتيرة التغير السريع جعلت الكثير من الشباب الإماراتي غير مدركين للقطاعات الجديدة التي يتم تطويرها في الدولة وغير مستعدين لقيادتها.

ومن هنا يأتي دور “منصور” لمعالجة بعض هذه التحديات.

In my opinion, it’s us in Kuwait who need a show like this, to rebuilt our diminishing and vanishing Kuwaiti pride. Qatar, UAE, and even Saudi don’t need shows like this. All you have to do is get out of your house, and marvel at all the new and amazing new developments and projects these countries made in recents years

It’s very sad to notice how our new generations have no pride in Kuwait. They never grew up with what older generations grew up with: national parades on national holidays, celebrating monumental sporting achievements, having a continuous plan of progressive and modern building and development, having the best education and  hospitals, being regional leaders in entertainment and art,  and basically just having a gorgeous country and people you can truly and really be proud of