Standing with the suffering in Ukraine
March 2022“Our eyes are on the suffering Ukrainian church. We are suffering with them.” These words by SAT-7 TÜRK presenter Volkan Er opened discussion of the crisis enveloping Ukraine and its European neighbours in last Wednesday’s episode of Worldview (2 March). This weekly current affairs programme on SAT-7’s Turkish language channel, along with the daily SAT-7 TÜRK news programme, is a […]
HONOURING MARGINALISED WOMEN IN IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND TAJIKISTAN
March 2022SAT-7 PARS’ live women’s programme Insiders is challenging culturally accepted actions and behaviour that restrict women’s rights and lives in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, and reinforce the notion of women as second-class citizens. A special episode of Insiders broadcast on Women’s Day, 8 March, will highlight the role of women as heads of households and as breadwinners. Women in Persian […]
Amplifying women’s voices in the Middle East and North Africa
March 2022On International Women’s Day, SAT-7 programmes across the Middle East and North Africa celebrate women’s power to change society for the better, while calling for faster progress towards recognising their God-given, equal value in families, communities, and societies. On SAT-7’s Persian channel, SAT-7 PARS, women’s programme Insiders will focus its International Women’s Day episode on the needs of female-headed households. […]
The Middle East Briefing – February 2022
February 2022The month has been marked both by diplomacy and power struggles on an international level. Away from the headlines, Middle East churches continued to work and pray for peace and freedom. Hopeful diplomatic moves continue across the region. President Erdogan of Turkey has been warmly welcomed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a marked change from the tensions that have […]
Modelling inclusion of children with disabilities
February 2022“When I watch City of Stars, I pray for the children with disabilities. If they were at my school, I would welcome them,” says a young Egyptian girl who watches the SAT-7 KIDS programme that models disability inclusion. As the programme produces its third season, viewer comments demonstrate its impact in a generally non-inclusive region. Openness, love, and advocacy were […]
Christian programme offers financial advice in Turkey’s economic crisis
February 2022As the economic crisis in Turkey deepens, with inflation soaring and a currency crisis pushing more people into poverty, SAT-7 TÜRK’s live programme Homemade raised awareness of the impact on families and hosted an expert guest who directed struggling viewers to resources that can help them. “Rent is increasing by 70 percent. What is going to happen to us?” was […]
SAT-7 mobilises Arab Christians in prayer for Sudan
February 2022SAT-7 has called on Christians across the Arab world to join in prayer for Sudan by airing prayers for peace from an interdenominational church service in Khartoum. Below: watch clip of Pastor Hafiz Fassaha and of worshipping congregation in Khartoum A week-long series of clips were shared on social media beginning 20 January. This followed street protests on 17 January […]
NEW TV SERIES SHARES A CHRISTIAN VOICE IN TROUBLED TUNISIA
February 2022Christians in Tunisia are sharing the hope they have in Christ through a new SAT-7 programme as their homeland – once energised by the potential for change – faces political crisis and an uncertain future. The Gathering launches at a moment of heightened tension in Tunisia. On 14 January, the eleventh anniversary of Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” uprising, hundreds of demonstrators defied a […]