Standing together with the injured and bereaved On Friday, 23 October, nine people were killed in a devastating attack on a church in southern Jordan. As families grieve, believers are drawing strength from faith, prayer and one another, determined that violence will not have the final word. What do you do when the unthinkable happens? When tragedy strikes, we turn […]
Budding influencers learn how to make and share positive content At a time when many are concerned about the kind of content youngsters are seeing and sharing, a SAT-7 KIDS video challenge is inspiring positive and faith-filled activities. The initiative involves young viewers making short videos of themselves completing different monthly tasks. For each video, they receive a personalised digital […]
Why engaging with young viewers “on the ground” makes a difference Young voices and hands were lifted in praise when a SAT-7 KIDS team took their live worship programme out of the studio in Cairo to families from remote villages in the heart of Egypt’s southern region. The special episode of I Dwell in Him was filmed on location at […]
SAT-7 PARS responds to changing needs of younger audience New programmes for children and young people in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan are starting on SAT-7’s Persian channel this week. The changes to the line-up on SAT-7 PARS come in response to the evolving needs of the channel’s younger audience. One of the new programmes is Room 7, a live show […]
How religious-based violence seeks to isolate, intimidate and silence Nearly half of the 20 countries where Christians face the world’s most extreme persecution are within SAT-7’s ministry region across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Amongst these are Yemen (ranked third), Sudan (fourth), Syria (sixth), Libya (ninth) and Iran (tenth). All nations in which, according to the Open Doors’ […]
Why education and visibility matter when the future you imagined disappears Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the country remains the only place in the world where girls and women are barred from secondary and higher education. More than 2.2 million girls have been excluded from education beyond primary school, while UNICEF warns that if current […]
In this special live-recorded episode, my co-host Mary and were joined by three exceptional women whose leadership is shaping Christian media and ministry across the UK, the Middle East and North Africa: Rita El-Mounayer, International CEO of SAT-7; Julia Bicknell, award-winning former BBC journalist and SAT-7 UK Trustee; and Rachel Fadipe, CEO of SAT-7 UK and a passionate advocate for […]
How a burns survivor refused to let her injuries hold her back As a child, Manal Hosny from Egypt dreamed of becoming a TV presenter. But when she suffered severe burns in a house fire that left her with visible scars, she thought the dream was over. “From that moment, my life was completely cut off,” Manal recalled in a […]
“Please don’t forget us – please be our voice.” This is what the makers of SAT-7 PARS programme Insiders heard from viewers in Iran when their messages were able to break through the country’s recent internet blackouts. The live discussion programme has been on air for over 10 years now: a decade that has seen conditions, rights and freedoms in […]