Promoting peace at huge fundraising event from Lebanon
December 2016Christmas of Peace, a fundraising event organised by SAT-7, promotes peace and encourages the spirit of unity in Lebanon through a musical journey of traditional and festive songs. Lebanon’s leading acapella choral group, comprised of 50 singers from many different backgrounds, will perform at Christmas of Peace, organised by SAT-7. The event is sponsored by key business and community leaders and […]
The Briefing – December 2016: Review of the year
December 2016In a year of intense conflict, the region’s balance of power and national borders have come under acute pressure from insurgencies, fighting forces with competing aims, and the involvement of major powers. The turmoil in Syria, Libya, Yemen and Iraq has been violent and extreme. Together, these conflicts have driven more than 15 million people from their homes – more […]
Peace on earth – more than a dream?
December 2016This Christmas at church, our Sunday school children are getting ready to act out the nativity scene. Imagine it: retelling the birth of Christ with real, local Bethlehem children – surely it can’t get any better! But for many of the people living in this region, living in peace seems a faraway dream. They don’t know the powerful words Jesus […]
Standing with Christians after Cairo bombing
December 2016SAT-7 viewers were shocked – and some directly affected – by the bomb blast that claimed the lives of 24 Christians at worship in a church next to Cairo’s main Coptic Cathedral on Sunday morning (11 December). This latest attack on Egypt’s Christian community eclipsed even the 2011 New Year’s Day bombing of a church in Alexandria in its number […]
Syrian overcomes fears to co-present new series
November 2016Popular women’s chat show Needle and Thread is back for a new series with a new presenter providing a fresh perspective to increase the programme’s appeal across the Middle East. Riham Jarjour lives in Egypt where the now-named Needle and New Thread series is filmed but comes from Syria and will present in the Syrian Arabic dialect. Riham, who is […]
SAT-7 reaches out to children suffering from cancer
November 2016“When you come to the hospital you give the children a dose of oxygen and a breath of life that encourages them to endure their pains.” This is how Amani Ibrahim, volunteer at the Children’s Cancer Hospital in Cairo, described the impact of a series of visits by SAT-7 producer and presenter Mounir Zakhary. In keeping with his role on […]
New survey shows record number of SAT-7 viewers
SAT-7, the leading Christian television broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is announcing record viewership numbers for its Arabic-language channels. With 21.5 million viewers, its audience has increased by 76 percent in the past five years. “The research shows remarkable growth for SAT-7 audiences in the MENA region. It is very encouraging, especially at a time when […]
Displaced Iraqi Christians gather for “return festival”
November 2016Displaced Iraqi Christians gathered for a major prayer and worship event to mark the liberation of towns and villages in the Nineveh Plain from so-called Islamic State (IS). The Christ Day event in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, on 18 November was broadcast live on SAT-7 to millions across the Middle East and North Africa. The gathering of Christians from various denominations […]