An in-depth look at the MENA region from SAT-7 personnel.
DECEMBER 5th, 2017 by Katerina Parpa On a recent trip to Lebanon, Communications Officer Katerina Parpa visited a learning center that uses SAT-7 ACADEMY’s educational programs to help refugee children thrive. Here she reflects on the experience and the heart-warming moments she shared with the Syrian and Iraqi children. Merhaba!” (“Hello!”) said a little Syrian
Continue reading My Teacher and My Hero…
October 30, 2017 by Dennis Wiens Recently, at a SAT-7 event, we were asked to help guests register and give them their packets for the weekend. Excitement and expectation were running high as we took our post in the hotel. For the most part, it was very quiet with just a few workers walking by and
Continue reading “I Think Turkey is hopeless”…
August 31, 2017 by Mary Joseph A lack of parking spots used to be one of the only concerns on the busy crowded streets of Cairo. Mary, our reporter/blogger from Egypt, shares a new and very different perspective. There was a new routine on Palm Sunday this year. On a day when many families in
Continue reading Living as a Target for Terrorists…
As the Christian community in the Middle East is increasingly under threat, the question of how believers should respond to violence becomes more and more a topic of conversation. The recent brutal gun attacks and suicide bombings in Egypt have left many of our brothers and sisters there grieving, despairing, angry, and feeling vulnerable. SAT-7 plays a unique role in supporting
Continue reading Respond to Violence with the Peace of Christ…
JULY 31, 2017 by Mary Joseph I wanted to be a physician… then I wanted to be a physiotherapist… then a pharmacist… Instead, I became a journalist. It’s a career that – despite its pressures and dangers – is still attractive to young graduate girls and women in my home country of Egypt. But I’ll come
Continue reading Writing Headlines in Cairo…
JUNE 30, 2017 by George Makeen With all the changes rocking the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and indeed the wider world, it is not only a sense of chaos that is increasingly causing hopelessness and desperation. A lack of strong role models, of leaders or authorities who can be trusted, is also
Continue reading The Need for a Role Model…
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