How historic Christianity in Yemen has a message for the Arab world today
March 2023Once home to flourishing and influential Christian communities, today only a few thousand believers live in Yemen. Most only meet each other in secret. But a new SAT-7 series, We Are the Arabs, uncovers the surprising ancient Christian heritage of this land. It does so with a purpose: to draw valuable lessons for today on how Arab Christians, living as a […]
Change and freedom for women in the Middle East
March 2023“In our community, we agreed that our daughter will marry our neighbour once she’s mature. But when I saw the early marriage clip, and I remembered what happened to me, I gained a little bit of strength to fight for my daughter and stop what happened to me happening to her.” This comment from Yolande, a viewer in Algeria, highlights […]
The lost daughter who motivates quake disaster rescue worker
March 2023Earthquake rescue workers in Lebanon and Türkiye have told SAT-7 ARABIC’s You Are Not Alone about the memory of a two-year-old daughter who inspires one to save other children in disaster zones and how experiences of civil war and the Beirut explosion prepared them for this intensive rescue operation. Ali Safieldeen, a Lebanese civil defense worker who was part of […]
SAT-7 TÜRK team head to disaster area
February 2023On Friday, 17 February, a team from SAT-7 TÜRK went to the area affected by the disastrous earthquake on 6 February to inform Turkish-speaking Christian viewers in Türkiye and around the world regarding the physical and mental status of people in the area and to document the latest status of the Christian cultural heritage. The team coordinated interviews with churches […]
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE: COURAGE AND HOPE AS LEBANON, OUR STORY BOOK LAUNCHES
February 2023Civic and religious leaders and government ministers gathered at SAT-7’s Lebanon studios on Thursday 9 February for an event to mark the publication of a very special book. It comprises moving stories that young people of different faiths, nationalities and races told at Storytelling Clubs that formed part of SAT-7’s social cohesion project, Lebanon, Our Story (LOS). The book, also […]
SAT-7 amplifies the voices of Syrian earthquake survivors
February 2023SAT-7 ARABIC programme You Are Not Alone dedicated its latest episode (10 February) to hearing from and sharing fellowship with earthquake survivors in Syria. Then, minutes after the programme ended, a volunteer firefighter who had spoken to the programme during an intense rescue and recovery operation, called with some wonderful news. “We are watching what is happening to the Syrian […]
Middle East Briefing – February 2023
A week after twin earthquakes in Türkiye destroyed buildings across an area the size of Germany the human scale of the disaster was becoming clear. By Sunday the combined death toll in Türkiye and Syria had passed 33,000, the number of lives claimed in Türkiye’s 1939 quake. Reports spoke of towns where 80 per cent of buildings had been levelled […]
Making sense of Türkiye’s earthquake
February 2023In response to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria that have claimed the lives of thousands, George Makeen, Executive Director of SAT-7 Arabic Channels, offers this reflection on hope in a time of chaos. Last Sunday I was watching some news before going to bed, and there was a painful report on the suffering of Syrian families living in poorly […]