Inner and outer beauty A recent episode of SAT-7 ARABIC show Needle and New Thread shared a Christian attitude to beauty from a somewhat surprising source. Sandra Saeed, crowned Miss Egypt International 2016, appeared on the popular women’s talk show to discuss the topic of inner and outer beauty. “Some people get their value from relationships, the car they drive, […]
This year’s days of carolling and feasting have now passed for most of us, but for many Middle Eastern believers Christmas is just about to begin. While the region’s Protestant and Catholic believers celebrate the birth of Christ on 25 December, most Orthodox churches follow the older Julian calendar. So Coptic Orthodox believers in Egypt, as well as Syrian, Greek […]
As Egypt’s Coptic community was left reeling from yet another deadly attack, SAT-7 ARABIC’s current affairs programme Bridges presented a vital Christian viewpoint on the threat believers face from extremists. The show aired on 27 May, the day after 29 Christians were killed in a violent gun attack on a bus travelling from Minya province to a monastery. The gunmen demanded […]
It isn’t easy to define “religious freedom” in Morocco. On the one hand, the Moroccan Constitution “guarantees the free exercise of worship for all”. Foreign Christian residents can attend officially recognised Catholic, Evangelical, Anglican or Orthodox churches, and Morocco’s 3,000 to 4,000 Jews generally go about their lives freely. On the other hand, the law does not allow Morocco’s estimated […]
There is more than one way of being on the front line of ministry in SAT-7. While scores of the TV network’s presenters have become trusted and familiar friends through their regular appearance on screen, there is a front line that is less visible but equally important. It involves sitting beside a phone and a computer monitor. Members of SAT-7 […]
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 […]
Special TV appearance for SAT-7 founder In a special on-screen interview to mark SAT-7’s 20th anniversary year, founder and CEO Dr Terence Ascott encouraged viewers in the Arab world to test what they hear and be open to other perspectives. Appearing on Forbidden, a talk show on SAT-7 ARABIC that tackles controversial and taboo topics, Dr Ascott talked about why SAT-7 […]
“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 […]
31 May 2016 From broadcasting two hours to 840 hours each and every week; from one channel to five; from one to three languages; all achieved in just 20 years. The debut Arabic programme on SAT-7’s first channel aired on 31 May 1996 to millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa. SAT-7 celebrated this milestone yesterday with […]
Traumatised by war and unable to access healthcare, countless refugees across the MENA region cannot get the help they need to recover from the terrible ordeals they have suffered. SAT-7 is using its strategic platform to provide imaginative and alternative forms of support. We are launching Medicine and Life to address the physical and psychological needs of those who have been displaced from their home.
