Middle East Briefing – November 2022
November 2022The world’s eyes are on the Middle East this month, drawn by the courageous protests in Iran, a bombing in the heart of Istanbul and world gatherings in Egypt and Qatar for COP27 and the World Cup respectively. Women-led protests in Iran calling for an end to repression have continued into a ninth week. This is despite the arrests of […]
With Jesus and the people of impoverished East Beirut
November 2022SAT-7 Grants Coordinator Phil Good lives in East Beirut. In this personal blog, he shares how Lebanon’s economic collapse has added an older generation of poorer Lebanese to a church that has already welcomed hundreds of Syrian refugees. What should a church look like? I guess a church is situated in a location and should be a reflection of the […]
Rethinking care for God’s world
November 2022The Middle East and North Africa is one of the regions that stand to gain most if world leaders agree to limit world temperature rises at COP27, the UN climate summit being held in Egypt from 6-18 November. Water scarcity and soaring temperatures are among the most severe in the world, yet, worryingly, the region is also one where populations […]
Church4Afghanistan offers a new lifeline to Afghan Christians
SAT-7 has launched its latest programming initiative to support isolated and persecuted Christians in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Starting this month (2 November), Church4Afghanistan has begun to complement the network’s TV and digital programmes in Dari and Farsi, and take advantage of the unrestricted availability of Facebook and Instagram in the country and the interactivity this enables. Panayiotis Keenan, Executive Director of […]
PRAYER FOR IRAN STARTS EVERY LIVE PROGRAMME AS SAT-7 JOINS GLOBAL PRAYER CAMPAIGN
October 2022Christian TV and media network SAT-7 is responding to the continuing nationwide protests and government crackdown in Iran by joining a global two-week campaign of prayer. From Friday 21 October, SAT-7’s Persian language channel, SAT-7 PARS has dedicated the first five minutes of every live programme to praying for Iran and its people. Additional special broadcasts and social media prayer […]
Iranians: Dying to be Free
October 2022“Iranians protesting the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s Hijab Police have captured the attention of people around the world”, writes SAT-7 Communications Officer Omeed Jouyandé. “The sight of young women and men wielding only words against a regime armed and willing to use its might against unarmed citizens is the story of David and Goliath being replayed before our […]
Middle East Briefing – October 2022
October 2022Protests in Iran have entered a fourth week. The country is still raging over the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was detained for incorrectly wearing the hijab. Since then, young women who courageously removed and set fire to their headscarves have inspired protests in many parts of the country, uniting people of diverse religious, ethnic and cultural […]
Building a brighter future for girl children and young women
October 202211 October 2022 “We want to target the ‘everywoman’ – those who are somehow entrapped and confined,” says Maggie Morgan, producer and director of SAT-7’s new live programme Today not Tomorrow, which will be broadcast on SAT-7 ARABIC this month. “Whether confinement is literal, for those living in small villages, in their families’ homes, who have limited freedom of movement, […]