“When I remember escaping ISIS, all I see is Jesus”
July 2019It is now five years since so-called Islamic State (IS) seized the Iraqi city of Mosul and advanced within an hour of Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of citizens fled for their lives. Some who escaped as children are now grown up, including Bella and Sareel, two extraordinary, faith-filled 18-year-old girls. SAT-7 met them in Amman, Jordan, where their families eventually […]
Helping women plant seeds of progress
In unequal Middle Eastern societies, women face great barriers to enjoying their human rights. SAT-7 ARABIC recently asked women a vital question: How do they feel about this? Their answers were striking – and inspired by their words, Needle and New Thread is helping viewers bring about change. Violence in the home. Discrimination in job markets. Harassment in the streets. […]
Rosaline’s story: A miraculous healing
June 2019Rosaline, a 13-year-old girl from Sohag, Egypt, was miraculously healed from incurable kidney failure after being prayed for at church and on SAT-7. She and her parents appeared on SAT-7 KIDS programme Family of Jesus to tell their story. A STARK DIAGNOSIS Rosaline was in the late stages of kidney failure, but didn’t yet realise, as her symptoms were initially […]
Kaya’s story: Faith despite family opposition
Kaya*, a SAT-7 TÜRK staff member, testifies about how he developed a strong faith in God at a young age, despite fierce resistance from his family. LOOKING FOR GOD “I don’t come from a Christian background, but I found God when I was twelve years old,” Kaya says. “I grew up with a lot of religious people around me. Faith […]
Taraneh’s story: “I travel for three hours to watch SAT-7”
Taraneh* is a young Afghan girl who lives in Tajikistan and regularly calls in to SAT-7 PARS’ live children’s shows. Her family do not own a television, but she travels three hours to watch her favourite programmes at a relative’s home. Taraneh’s inspiring enthusiasm and faith, despite her family’s difficult circumstances, shine through in her messages to the channel. DIFFICULT […]
Sudan guests on worship show pray for praise instead of gunshots to ring out in Sudan
June 2019A live episode of SAT-7 worship programme Keep on Singing became a focus for intercession for a country that was reeling from a day of bloodshed. During the 4 June broadcast, Sudanese Pastor Philemon Hassan wiped away tears as he sang a prayer for peace in his nation, only hours after scores of protesters were killed in the violent clearing […]
The Middle East Briefing – June 2019
Events in Sudan and the Gulf of Oman dominated headlines this month as the Middle East seemed set for a dangerous summer. Violence overtook months of peaceful protest in Sudan on 3 June. So-called Rapid Support Forces used live ammunition, severe beatings and rape to disperse a sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum. Two months before, pro-democracy demonstrators had succeeded […]
The church that learned to love its enemies
June 2019“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 […]