Middle East leaders and peoples have been as interested in the outcome of the US presidential elections as have those in the West. Although it is too early to see what a Biden policy towards the Middle East will be, the goals and policies of US administrations for the region affect the lives of millions. It is expected that Biden […]
SAT-7 translator Omeed Jouyandé shares why he is inspired by the faith and testimony of fellow Iranian, Farshid Fathi. Fathi was jailed in two of Iran’s notorious prisons for five years for his faith and spoke recently to SAT-7’s Insiders programme. But, far from being broken by the experience, he spoke as someone who had known Jesus with him. The […]
A long-contested enclave on the fringe of the Middle East hit the headlines this month as a new upsurge of fighting claimed at least 300 lives in Nagorno–Karabakh. This mountainous enclave (known as Artsakh by Armenians) neighbours Iran, is near neighbour to Turkey, Russia and Georgia, and sits between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Despite its majority Armenian population, it was made an autonomous zone within Azerbaijan when both states came under Russian control in the 1920s. There have been cycles of clashes since the collapse of the Soviet Union and a 1988 decision by the enclave to become as an independent republic. Full-scale fighting between 1992 and 1994 killed tens of […]
Children’s TV presenter Gemma Hunt has filmed a special programme for SAT-7 with Lebanese counterpart, Marianne Awaraji. The pair filmed “Free to be me” at SAT-7’s London and Beirut studios respectively using Skype to connect them. Watch it now below! The focus was on how, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the catastrophic explosion in Beirut, SAT-7’s faith-filled […]
Parts of the region are seeing welcome signs of peace this month, even as Lebanon struggled to pick itself up from a massive disaster in its capital. August’s explosion at the port in Beirut inflicted unprecedented damage across the Lebanese capital and wrecked its main export and import hub. Over 200 people died, thousands were injured and an estimated 300,000 […]
SAT-7 Egypt journalist Mary Joseph describes how the arrival of Coronavirus set light to social media and how SAT-7’s voice is being heard above the clamour while the country’s churches are silenced. Coronavirus came and set my WhatsApp on fire. Every few minutes I check it and find a list of messages that could either be text, pictures, videos […]
In a region where childhoods are often cut short, Christian broadcaster SAT-7 KIDS is a champion for children. On Universal Children’s Day (20 November) and year-round, the channel raises awareness of children’s rights among its young viewers, their parents, and wider society in the Middle East and North Africa. This is the first time I’ve heard a compliment about my […]
As weeks of anti-government protests brought their country to a standstill, Lebanon’s church leaders joined the call for basic rights that has united Lebanese from across the country’s religious communities. Amid the crisis, SAT-7 ARABIC encouraged Lebanese viewers to pray and to be role models in working for justice and peace. “We understand your movement and hear your cry,” the […]
“It was as if God had prepared us for this,” says Pastor Hikmat Kashouh of his congregation. He is recalling the time, almost eight years ago, when over a million Syrian refugees started pouring into Lebanon, fleeing civil war. Resurrection Church, Beirut, had already built strong connections with local Syrian workers. But what the church was less prepared for was […]
Christian TV network SAT-7 is thrilled to welcome His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church as the new Chairman of its International Council and Executive Board. Archbishop Angaelos replaces Revd Dr Habib Badr, Senior Pastor of the National Evangelical Church of Beirut, who stepped down from the role in April 2019. SAT-7 is also excited to welcome another […]
