A SAT-7 crew filming on the streets of Baghdad heard startling testimonies from people living with the constant threat of terror attacks – and discovered that SAT-7 has a major presence in many people’s lives. A small filming crew from SAT-7 Egypt went to great personal risk when they stepped off the plane in Baghdad a few months ago. Public […]
NI PEACEMAKER TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS AT BELFAST EVENT
Canon David Porter, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Director for Reconciliation, will highlight the strategic ministry of Christians in peace-building in the Middle East at an evening event organised by SAT-7 at Belfast Bible College on Saturday 12 April (7.30 pm). David Porter has wide experience of peace building and chaired the Northern Ireland Civic Forum working group on peace building […]
New SAT-7 iPhone and Android Apps Allow Middle Eastern Viewers to Watch on the Move
More Middle Eastern viewers than ever before can now watch SAT-7’s Christian television channels on the go thanks to new iOS apps released in January for Apple iPhones. The new apps come fast on the heels of similar ones launched in August 2013 for Android phones. SAT-7’s four main channels – SAT-7 ARABIC, KIDS, PARS (for Farsi speakers) and TÜRK […]
NEW SAT-7 IPHONE AND ANDROID APPS ALLOW MIDDLE EASTERN VIEWERS TO WATCH ON THE MOVE
More Middle Eastern viewers than ever before can now watch SAT-7’s Christian television channels on the go thanks to new iOS apps released in January for Apple iPhones. The new apps come fast on the heels of similar ones launched in August 2013 for Android phones. SAT-7’s four main channels – SAT-7 ARABIC, KIDS, PARS (for Farsi speakers) and TÜRK […]
Relating to the persecuted Church
Article 1 in a new series: The Ethics of Global Engagement A Middle East contributor highlights some of the issues we need to be mindful of as we engage with the church in the Middle East and North Africa. The Body of Christ is not simply a local church that meets on Sundays, but a global body of all those […]
Three years after the Arab Spring
2011 began with high expectations for new freedoms and prosperity across much of the Arab World. Three years on there is a palpable sense of disappointment and frustration. SAT-7 CEO, Dr Terence Ascott, offers a country-by-country overview of what has happened since and untangles a confusing picture. Beginning in January 2011, a wave of uprisings swept away dictators in Tunisia, […]
SAT-7 TO BROADCAST UNITED SERVICE FROM DAMASCUS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Last updated 23 December 2013 A united Christian service of prayer in Damascus will be broadcast on satellite television across the Middle East on Christmas Day, 25th December. Christian broadcaster SAT-7 will transmit the two-hour programme from the event at 9pm Damascus time on the SAT-7 ARABIC channel (on Nilesat/AB7 at 7 degrees West, Txp 8, 11,353 GHz, Vertical and […]
SAT-7 to Broadcast United States From Damascus on Christmas Day
A united Christian service of prayer in Damascus will be broadcast on satellite television across the Middle East on Christmas Day, 25th December. Christian broadcaster SAT-7 will transmit the two-hour programme from the event at 9pm Damascus time on the SAT-7 ARABIC channel (on Nilesat/AB7 at 7 degrees West, Txp 8, 11,353 GHz, Vertical and online in the UK at http://www.sat7.org/tv2/TV2_arabic.html) […]
EGYPTIANS UNITE FOR THIRD NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
On November 29th, over 6,000 Egyptian Christians gathered for a third annual, National Day of Prayer. Hundreds of thousands more participated through a live television broadcast by the SAT-7 ARABIC channel. Entitled “They shall come to the Desire of All Nations,” the event was held at the Wadi Natroun convention centre midway between Cairo and Alexandria. SAT-7 aired a live […]
Celebrating Christmas in Iran
An arduous journey and close surveillance faced the wise men who came seeking the birth of Jesus. Traditionally thought to be Persians, their challenges are echoed in the monitoring and risks faced by Iranians who celebrate Christ’s birth today. Everyone who has ever watched or taken part in a Nativity play knows that some of the first people to recognise […]