Videos of Christians Forgiving is Go Viral in Arab World
March 2015SAT-7 Egypt Director sees impact of “Resistance through forgiveness” The videos of a ten-year-old Iraqi displaced by IS (Islamic State) and of a brother of two Egyptian labourers beheaded in Libya both voicing forgiveness for their persecutors have been watched by a million viewers and drawn the attention of mainstream Arab media which rarely covers Christian news. Under the title […]
The Egyptian women who are making change happen
March 2015SAT-7 Egypt Information Officer Mary Joseph introduces two Egyptian women whose life-changing community work has earnt them Nobel Peace Prize nominations The theme of the 2015 International Women’s Day is “Make It Happen” and that’s what two Egyptian women did and are still doing through their constant service to Egyptian society. Their perseverance throughout the obstacles they faced and their […]
The Briefing – March 2015
2015 continues to be a challenging year for the region and the church. But, faced with death, faithful Christians – and the communities they belonged to – have offered the region a radical lesson in forgiveness and human dignity. News from the Region While the brutalities of ISIS continued, there were growing preparations for military campaigns against its advances in […]
Village of martyrs
February 2015Egyptian photo-journalist Jonathan Rashad visited the village that was home to 13 of the 21 Egyptian Christians murdered by Islamic State (ISIS) in February 2015. Between agony and happiness, the village of Al-Aour in the Egyptian governorate of Minya has witnessed thirteen Egyptian young men growing up — the majority of the 21 Egyptian Christians recently beheaded by the Islamic […]
Brother of Egyptian Christians Murdered by Islamic State Prays for Killers Live on SAT-7
February 2015Brother of murdered Christians thanks killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in execution video The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered in Libya, last night used live television to thank their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video of their execution. Christian channel SAT-7 ARABIC has become a mouthpiece for the […]
A nation united in grief
February 2015The beheading of 21 young Egyptian Copts in Libya by jihadists aligned with ISIS has sent a shockwave across Egyptian society and has united people of different faiths in sorrow and outrage. Many Egyptians have seen in full the horrifying video, including the moments when the captives prayed before their execution. A SAT-7 journalist in Cairo described how on Monday […]
SAT-7 TÜRK Becomes First Christian Channel on National Satellite
Christian channel SAT-7 TÜRK has begun broadcasting on the government-regulated Türksat 4A satellite. The transmissions are an historic step allowing more than 50 million viewers in Turkey and many more Turkish speaking viewers in Europe and Central Asia to watch SAT-7 TÜRK. “We are overwhelmed and truly believe it is a miracle that we can finally broadcast on Türksat,” said […]
"You Are Free To Change Your Faith – We Respect You"
February 2015Forbidden programme breaks new ground in promoting religious freedom Forbidden (“Mamnou’a” in Arabic) is a SAT-7 ARABIC programme that addresses sensitive and sometimes controversial Arab cultural topics from a Christian perspective. These topics range from adoption to human trafficking and sexual violence. But perhaps its biggest success has been to win agreement from many Muslim viewers that people should be […]