A shocking incident in which a 70-year-old Christian woman was stripped naked and dragged through the streets of Upper Egypt was condemned on two topical SAT-7 programmes. Women’s chat show Needle and Thread and current affairs programme Bridges discussed the attack on the woman by a mob of around 300 armed men, who also vandalised and torched seven homes belonging […]
The cost of Answering the Cry – Farid Samir
Facing jail, trusting in God For Farid Samir, SAT-7’s Executive Director in Egypt, the cost of answering the cry has from time to time involved visits from the police department. But action by the censorship police last October was the most serious. SAT-7 equipment worth more than £65,000 was seized and Farid temporarily detained. He was left facing multiple investigations […]
Two Syrian refugees baptised at youth event in Turkey
A SAT-7 TÜRK film crew visited the first ever Christian youth event in Mardin, Turkey, at which two teenage Syrian refugees were baptised. More than 30 young Christians from across eastern Turkey gathered in the ancient city of Mardin, which is just 20 miles from the Syrian border, for the historic meeting. The three-day gathering included teaching, worship services and visits […]
SAT-7 programme helps refugee children to learn
As the number of people displaced by conflict reaches record levels, refugee children have told SAT-7 how our educational programme My School is helping them to continue learning while away from home. On World Refugee Day (20 June), the UN said it was the first time the number of refugees worldwide had passed the 60 million mark, with the highest […]
Syrian widows share struggles and faith
“In the midst of my grief You gave me joy” We have a principle not to bow down and weaken in front of difficult life challenges but to walk in God’s path, the path of peace and light.” Courageous widows in war-ravaged Aleppo have told of the daily struggle to raise their children alone, and shared how they are finding […]
The Briefing – June 2016
Even as the tide began to turn against so-called Islamic State, rival ambitions and visions made for fraught international relations in the region. News from the region In Syria last month so-called Islamic State (IS) came under intense pressure from all directions – from the US-led coalition, Kurdish forces, Syrian government troops and allies, the Iraqi army and shelling from […]
Fleeing terrorists, finding Jesus – The Children’s cry for peace
From fear of Daesh to faith in Christ: Iraqi boy shares testimony I used to be scared of Daesh [Islamic State] but Jesus filled my heart and filled it with joy and peace.” The Cry for Peace, the children’s cry Nouh, a young boy from Iraq, shared on a SAT-7 children’s show how he came to faith in Christ after […]
SAT-7’s viewer responses treble in just five years
Feedback “Evidence of a growing spiritual hunger” across the Middle East, says Christian broadcaster as it marks its 20th anniversary Viewer responses to SAT-7’s Christian broadcasts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have risen threefold in just five years, from an average of 270 a day in 2010 to well over 800 a day in 2015. Not only […]
The pastor to Germany’s Arab migrants
At German railway stations last autumn, cheering crowds welcomed trainloads of refugees after its government opened the doors to hundreds of thousands of migrants who had become stranded in Eastern Europe. The public mood may have shifted since then, but one German pastor who won’t be withdrawing his support is Revd Hanna Yeshou. Yeshou, who was the subject of a […]
SAT-7 brings joy to “worthless” young woman
Birthday celebration brings tears of joy for SAT-7 viewer A young Tunisian woman, whose hard-line religious family has never marked her birthday, cried with joy when her 21st was celebrated live on a popular SAT-7 programme. “I cried for a long time,” she said, “because I finally found someone who appreciates me as a human being.” Samah* said she was […]