Pioneering education project wraps up fifth and final season
August 2023My School, SAT-7’s pioneering project to provide five years of high-quality primary education in the Arab world, has now wrapped up its fifth and final season. Since the programme was launched in 2015 in response to the war in Syria, SAT-7 has made over 400 episodes covering the region’s curriculum in the core subjects of Mathematics, Arabic, English, Science, and […]
Young Turkish Christians discover the power of connection
August 2023This summer young Christians from across Türkiye had the opportunity to encounter God in a new way and make new friends as they travelled to Smyrna, Western Türkiye, for the annual Youth Revival festival, sponsored by SAT-7 TÜRK. Hopes were high among the festival’s organisers that it would mark a significant shift for attendees between the first half of the […]
The top five issues facing the Middle East
by Dr Terence Ascott, SAT-7 Founder and President As we explore the top issues facing the Middle East, it is important to note that generalisations about the region do not work! The countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are as different to each other as the countries of Europe. So, this brief overview needs to be read […]
The Taliban takeover two years on
August 2023“In the last two years, so many things have changed. Life in Afghanistan is very difficult now – there is no education, no work, and all our suffering is because of those two things. There is a lot of anxiety. If [women] go out they are inappropriately questioned.” August 15 2023 marks two years since the Taliban’s rapid takeover of […]
Behind the Scenes: Faith under fire
August 2023Young presenter Christina Issa shares her story of growing up in war-torn Syria, and how watching SAT-7 KIDS brought “peace and security in the middle of fear”. “As a child growing up in the middle of war, life was full of uncertainty and fear.” Christina Issa’s upbringing – like many millions across the Middle East – was scarred by conflict. […]
Earthquake recovery in Türkiye and Syria
August 2023On 6 February at 4.17am local time, the first of two powerful earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks caused massive destruction across southeast Türkiye and northwest Syria. Over 55,000 people lost their lives and approaching 130,000 were injured. Estimates are that close to 18 million people have been impacted. SAT-7 TÜRK staff in our Istanbul studio have been deeply affected by what […]
Middle East Briefing – July 2023
July 2023The disturbing spectre of interracial conflict came to the fore in parts of the Middle East and North Africa this month. It was most extreme in reports of genocide from Darfur, Sudan, but evident too in events in Tunisia and in the ongoing conflict in the Holy Land. The conflict in Sudan that has displaced nearly 3 million people has […]
Earthquake recovery: 5 months on
Five months after the earthquake that devastated parts of Türkiye and Syria, a crew from SAT-7 TÜRK returned to the disaster zone to film a special one-hour documentary on the ongoing recovery efforts. Can Yazırlıoğlu visited his home province of Hatay to find out how people are coping and how the Church is helping those in need. One resident who […]