The beauty of Lebanon – April 2015
April 2015I have lived in Lebanon for almost three years yet I still feel I am discovering new things every day. This morning I took a different route to church suggested by my friend and we drove by an ancient Roman aqueduct, built into the cliffs rising above Beirut centuries upon centuries ago. Only five minutes from my apartment and I […]
Egypt goes to the movies
While the annual film festival season in the West comes to an end with the Hollywood Academy Awards (or “Oscars”), Egypt follows it with another important big screen event – The Catholic Center Film Festival. This year SAT-7 was at the Cairo event to film both the opening and closing ceremonies (27 February and 6 March) and highlight a selection […]
The Briefing – April 2015
The whirlwind that is the Middle East never ends. Taking centre stage in this month’s developments have been Yemen, Iran and Tunisia. News from the region The most promising development – albeit still unclear – has been a provisional agreement reached with Iran over its nuclear enrichment. While the details are yet to be made public or clearly outlined, a […]
Archbishop of Canterbury Shares His Heart For the Middle East on SAT-7
March 2015The Archbishop of Canterbury recorded a message of solidarity for Middle East Christians last week when he was interviewed by SAT-7’s Forbidden programme The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Welby, has shared his heart for people of the Middle East enduring the violence wrought by ISIS in an interview for Middle East Christian broadcaster SAT-7. Archbishop Welby spoke last […]
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 […]