Supporting women survivors Modern wars, like those in Syria and Iraq, take place, not on battlefields, but in narrow streets and densely populated cities. Airstrikes on buildings, car bombs in markets, snipers on rooftops – these don’t discriminate between fighter and civilian. Over the 20th century the proportion of civilian casualties in war climbed from 5 per cent to 90 […]
Women and Wars
Campaigning to change attitudes and end violence
Challenging commonplace cultural practices There are many inherited cultural practices that have a strong and harmful hold on society in parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Cruelty in classrooms and female genital mutilation (FGM) are two examples which are all too commonplace in the region. SAT-7’s newest channel, SAT-7 ACADEMY, which began broadcasting last month, seeks to create […]
Inspiring young people with a message of hope and healing
Breakthrough “My father and mother taught me how to pray. I used to go to church and attend Sunday school, but with my school friends I used to swear, lie and insult people,” 12-year-old Bassant Gad told viewers of SAT-7’s KIDS channel. Explaining the gulf between what she had been taught about God and the inward indifference she felt, she […]
Giving a voice to women’s hopes and fears
Vitally important For women in the Middle East and North Africa, who are often confined to their homes and close family relationships, television is vitally important. Not only does it provide a valuable form of companionship, but it is also often their only source of information about issues impacting their lives. SAT-7’s broadcasts seek to empower and equip women with […]
Beautiful Creations
Aiming to free women Across the Middle East, negative attitudes deliberately or unconsciously restrict the opportunities given to women and their ability to experience the fulness of life God wants for them. A new talk show from Bethlehem aims to free women from views that would diminish them, and help them make wise biblical choices about their lives. You are […]
Bethlehem students: Spreading Christ’s fragrance
Every academic year at Bethlehem Bible College, we look forward to welcoming new hard-working students who carry big dreams in their hearts! Bethlehem is a small town, true, but it has big dreams: dreams that awaken dormant souls and fly higher than any walls. Once I had a big dream to serve God with all I had. In His faithfulness […]
The Briefing – September 2017
The deep conflicts and crises of the region continue, even as the region is poised for an historic new development in northern Iraq. In Syria, so-called Islamic State (IS) continued to relinquish control of more of its territory, including parts of its self-declared capital of Raqqa. IS forces in Deir El-Zour are now under severe pressure from two sides, from […]
Welcome for TV channel that aims to boost education and co-existence in the Middle East
Middle East satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7 launched its latest channel, SAT-7 ACADEMY, on 1 September. Broadcasting around the clock in Arabic, its top class educational programmes will offer complementary learning opportunities to millions of children and families throughout the Middle East and North Africa who have been displaced by war. It will also provide supplementary learning to millions more who […]
“I felt strong”: Empowering children through education
Witnessing the struggles Alongside ACADEMY Channel Manager, Juliana Sfeir, colleague George Makeen is one of the driving forces behind SAT-7’s vision to help meet the educational needs of families in the Middle East. Makeen and Sfeir visited refugee camps in Lebanon and other parts of the MENA to assess the needs of refugees and how SAT-7 can meet them through […]
Praising through the pain
Sing despite difficult circumstances “We have the right to sing despite all the difficult circumstances around us. James 1:2 says “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” We thank the Lord because He is with us just as He was with […]