Absorbing theology show sparking debate online
September 2025A clip from SAT-7 ARABIC’s entertaining theology show The Postman has received an amazing level of engagement on social media, with viewers from a variety of backgrounds sharing their honest opinions and heartfelt questions about Christianity’s most powerful – and provocative – story. THE CROSS SPARKS DEBATE “Why is the idea of the cross so shocking to those who don’t […]
A heavenly hero: how God turned my childhood pain into purpose
August 2025By Andrea El-Mounayer, SAT-7 KIDS Channel Manager Sometimes I wonder how I made it through. A little girl, growing up in Lebanon’s civil war, holding on to a dream, a hope, a future, blurred by the sounds of gunfire and the weight of hatred. I grew up in a Christian family in Lebanon in the 1970s. My mum passed away […]
“I don’t want to be killed”: urgent call to prayer as Afghans face deportation
August 2025Among the millions of Afghans being deported back to their home country are Christians whose lives are now in grave danger. SAT-7 is highlighting the stories of threatened Afghan Christians, responding to their urgent prayer requests and broadcasting special episodes about the mass deportation. HEARTBREAKING UPDATES SAT-7 has been in regular contact with an Afghan man called Alborz, based in […]
Tunisian Viewer “Set free from the chains of fear”
When Kais from Tunisia experienced a mental health crisis, he tried to find comfort in religious rituals. But it wasn’t until he discovered the “great love that casts out all fear” that his life turned around. “After finishing my university studies, I went through a period of psychological distress,” Kais shared in a message to SAT-7 ARABIC’s Viewer Support team. […]
“I’m not a superhero” says Gaza church leader amid strikes and starvation
August 2025The leader of Gaza’s Holy Family Church has told SAT-7 that he is “not a superhero” for staying by his congregation’s side following a deadly strike on the building and a mounting famine crisis in the territory. Father Gabriel Romanelli, who is Argentinian, spoke to SAT-7 ARABIC’s You Are Not Alone programme after the Holy Family Church was hit on […]
Urgent prayer needed for Afghan Christians facing forced return
July 2025SAT-7 has received an urgent plea from a group of Afghan Christians who are facing the threat of forced return to Afghanistan from Tajikistan where they had sought refuge from danger. The message described the threat as a return “to the very mouth of death”, and called on churches around the world to pray for them and “be our voice”. […]
Young Moroccans take centre stage in new programme
July 2025Young Moroccan Christians are using their creative skills in a new programme for North African children. Children of Light, which is currently broadcasting on SAT-7 KIDS in Moroccan Arabic, provides foundational Christian teaching alongside fun activities, education, and life skills such as cookery and finances. Young Moroccan Christians present a story or drama to introduce the theme at the beginning. […]
Middle East Briefing: Churches under attack
The whole Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been on high alert in the last few weeks. Suffering continues in the Holy Land as Gaza’s only Catholic church was bombed last week, and a suicide bombing in a Damascus church has sent shockwaves through Syria’s minority Christian community. And despite a fragile ceasefire, tension remains high after the […]