Arab language MBC TV will be starting an arabized version of The Simpsons, Al Shamshoon, during Ramadan this year. It's dubbed into Arabic and there have been changes to fit Islamic sensibilities: Homer (now Omar) will drink coke instead of beer. All pork related products have been banished.
There was an article about it in the WSJ the morning, but it's not available online. Here's an Egyptian blog discussing it.
Sheesh, even I find it easy the hate America when watching The Simpsons, which is why I hadn't done it in ten years or so.
Of course, maybe we're not all as different as you'd think. All the people the WSJ article quoted who were angry were angry because they thought arabizing the series would 'ruin it'.
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