EVERY 7pm, Muhammad Athala Fawaztaqie sits quietly in front of the television. This kindergarten student always waits for the Upin-Ipin cartoon to come on. “He will cry if the station is changed,” said Naning, the child’s mother, on Wednesday last week.

TPI is the television station which broadcasts the tales of Upin and Ipin and their friends. For 30 minutes, these twins from Malaysia are the focus of attention. This series has been shown