Popular women’s chat show Needle and Thread is back for a new series with a new presenter providing a fresh perspective to increase the programme’s appeal across the Middle East. Riham Jarjour lives in Egypt where the now-named Needle and New Thread series is filmed but comes from Syria and will present in the Syrian Arabic dialect. Riham, who is […]
Throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), gender discrimination is rife. Women are considered to have lower status and value than men; there are limited education and employment opportunities for girls and women, and they are often subject to injustice and abuse. This starts from a young age. In Iran, girls from poor families are at risk of being […]
Women in the Middle East and North Africa often face restrictions and negative attitudes, leaving them crying out for worth. Here, our Bethlehem blogger Grace describes the difference following Christ has made in giving her – and other women she knows – a secure identity and sense of purpose… Not far from where I live, beautiful golden sunlight splashes […]
“Because I am a Woman” looks at the situation of 1 in 5 women in the region When did you last spot a wedding party and stop a moment to gaze at the bride and groom in their joy and finery? But imagine your reaction if you saw that the bride marrying a husband in his 30s was just a […]
Popular women’s chat show Needle and Thread is back for a new series. And thanks to viewer interactions over three years on air, the team is better equipped to meet their needs and point women “upward to God, the inspirer of change”. It is one of a number of live programmes from SAT-7’s Egypt studio that has been able to […]
On 8 March the world will commemorate International Women’s Day – a global celebration of women’s achievements throughout history and, perhaps more importantly, a time to call for further change and progress. UN Women (the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) is focusing its efforts on gender equality for 2016, urging governments to follow through […]
Well of course a man should beat his wife if she cheats on him!” It has been three years since my friend made that comment with a laugh, as I stared at her with a stunned expression, and yet I still remember it clearly. It was the first time since coming to Lebanon that I realised the depth of the […]
The SAT-7 ARABIC channel’s women’s programme Needle and Thread tackles difficult issues from a hope-filled Christian perspective. Lindsay Shaw reports. When SAT-7 ARABIC launched Needle and Thread, its magazine show for young women last year, it laid out its stall clearly from the start. “This programme seeks to present women that are fully alive. Women not only need to embrace […]
