A new heart for Iranian believers
April 2019It is not long since we celebrated the birth of Jesus and now we are fast approaching Easter. I don’t know about you, but I find that unless I take the time to deliberate on Christ’s work on the cross it is possible that the celebration of Easter may become a mere tradition. It is amazing to dwell on […]
SAT-7 appoints female broadcaster as new international CEO
March 2019Christian broadcasting network SAT-7 has announced that Rita El-Mounayer will assume the role of International Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from 1 April, taking over from SAT-7 Founder, Dr Terence Ascott. Dr Ascott will continue to serve in his new role as Founder and President of SAT-7. Since joining SAT-7 in 1996 as the Producer and Presenter of SAT-7’s flagship children’s […]
Westminster hears call to strengthen women’s rights in the Middle East
March 2019A SAT-7-arranged panel discussion in Westminster sent parliament a powerful reminder of the need to continue to stand up for women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Rachel Fadipe, Executive Director of SAT-7 UK, spoke of the slow progress towards gender equality in the region. She described how “many women are confined to the domestic sphere and […]
A thousand Egyptian church leaders pray for victims of NZ shootings
March 2019A thousand Evangelical Christian leaders in Egypt this morning united in prayer for the victims and relatives affected in terrorist shootings at two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques earlier today. In a country that has experienced multiple deadly attacks on worshippers – including bombings of churches in Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta, and shootings at a mosque in the Sinai, Egyptian Christians […]
The Middle East Briefing – March 2019
March 2019The spirit behind the 2011 Arab protests that saw the ousting of old rulers was alive and kicking again this month. When the ailing president of Algeria announced he was going to run for a fifth term in office, nationwide strikes and protests erupted. Since a stroke in 2013, President Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war of independence, has made […]
Hope for Sudanese women
March 2019In Sudan, a country often ranked among the world’s worst for gender equality, many women are deprived of their rights. Now, a new SAT-7 ARABIC show is offering them a platform for their voices to be heard. Hosted by three female Sudanese presenters, Woman and Mirror is giving women hope by showing them their true worth – reflected not in […]
Media worker discovers the God who hears and cares
SAT-7 TÜRK producer Gülsüm was a young teenager when her parents divorced and her family became homeless. Her prayers seemed unanswered so she gave up on God, until more than 15 years later when she heard His voice calling her. Growing up as the middle child of three in a family in Istanbul, Gülsüm was used to her parents’ frequent […]
Hearing women’s stories
When I think of women in my country and in the Arab world, and when I examine myself in hindsight, I feel ashamed at how smug and arrogant I have been. I always felt that discrimination against women was something that happened to other people, not to me, and not to “us.” Belonging to a Coptic Christian family, I […]