discrimination

7 October 2020 While COVID-19 has increased violations of religious persecution, upholding freedom of religion and belief (FoRB) has become a much higher priority for UK parliamentarians, attendees of a virtual seminar at the Conservative Party Conference have heard. The fringe event, jointly organised by SAT-7 and the Conservative Christian Fellowship (CCF) on Monday, included high-profile FoRB advocates: Rehman Chishti […]

Filed Under: Latest News, Press Releases Topics: discrimination, Equality, Persecution, Religious freedom

A thought-provoking new sitcom drama commissioned by SAT-7 ARABIC offers Middle Eastern viewers new perspectives on gender equality, racism, disability rights, freedom of religion and more. Produced by Cairo-based production house, Arascope, The Wall centres on married psychologists Sara and Adel, who share a single office partitioned by a wall. Their relationship is as divided as their Cairo-based clinic: he thinks […]

Filed Under: Latest News, Press Releases Topics: Democracy, Disability, discrimination, Equality, Freedom, Gender issues, Mental health, Religious freedom

In a region where childhoods are often cut short, Christian broadcaster SAT-7 KIDS is a champion for children. On Universal Children’s Day (20 November) and year-round, the channel raises awareness of children’s rights among its young viewers, their parents, and wider society in the Middle East and North Africa. This is the first time I’ve heard a compliment about my […]

Filed Under: Latest News, Uncategorised Topics: Children, Culture/Tradition, Disability, discrimination, Equality, Family/parenting

In the Middle East and North Africa, abuse of women is widespread and mostly undeterred by law. You Are Beautiful, a new programme on SAT-7 ARABIC, offers hope and support to women in the MENA who face abuse, social rejection and unhealthy living conditions.    Around 37% of Arab women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime, according […]

Filed Under: Latest News Topics: Arabic, discrimination, Equality, Gender issues, MENA region, Mental health, news, Prayer, SAT-7 ARABIC, Women

In unequal Middle Eastern societies, women face great barriers to enjoying their human rights. SAT-7 ARABIC recently asked women a vital question: How do they feel about this? Their answers were striking – and inspired by their words, Needle and New Thread is helping viewers bring about change. Violence in the home. Discrimination in job markets. Harassment in the streets. […]

Filed Under: Latest News Topics: discrimination, Egypt, Equality, MENA region, Needle and Thread, SAT-7 ARABIC, Women

In the Middle East, people who suffer with mental health problems are often treated with stigma and shame. SAT-7 KIDS show City of Stars aims to address and challenge this attitude. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could be headed for a mental health crisis. Countless young lives have been disrupted by conflict and political turmoil, and this early […]

Filed Under: Latest News Topics: Children, discrimination, Egypt, Mental health, news, Prayer, SAT-7 KIDS

  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 […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Features, Latest News Topics: Blogs, discrimination, Egypt, Needle and Thread, news, Prayer, This is Love, Women

A commitment to truth and justice and a desire to correct an imbalance in Iranian media lay behind a recent SAT-7 Insiders programme that marked Holocaust Memorial Day. The episode, produced in SAT-7’s UK Persian language studio, featured a report from the Jewish Museum in London and conversation with widely respected Bible teacher and author Arman Roshdi. “As a result of the Holocaust and […]

Filed Under: Features, Latest News Topics: discrimination, Iran, peace, reconciliation

Amid a rise in religious intolerance “sensitivity” is key, Alistair Burt told delegates at a Conservative Party fringe event on Wednesday 3 October. “Incidents of religious intolerance and religious discrimination are on the rise across the globe,” Rt Hon Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East, said on Wednesday. He was speaking at a prayer breakfast on religious […]

Filed Under: Latest News, Press Releases Topics: Afghanistan, Church Growth, Culture/Tradition, discrimination, Education, Persecution, Religious freedom, Secret believers

A new SAT-7 ARABIC discussion show is revealing the important role Christians have played in building Arab societies and culture. With the input of guests from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), House of Wisdom raises awareness of the region’s Christian past and key historical figures, including poets, physicians, and scientists. The programme’s title comes from the name of a landmark academic […]

Filed Under: Latest News, Uncategorised Topics: Arts, Bible, Culture/Tradition, discrimination, Education, Iraq, MENA region, reconciliation