Media worker discovers the God who hears and cares
March 2019SAT-7 TÜRK producer Gülsüm was a young teenager when her parents divorced and her family became homeless. Her prayers seemed unanswered so she gave up on God, until more than 15 years later when she heard His voice calling her. Growing up as the middle child of three in a family in Istanbul, Gülsüm was used to her parents’ frequent […]
Hearing women’s stories
When I think of women in my country and in the Arab world, and when I examine myself in hindsight, I feel ashamed at how smug and arrogant I have been. I always felt that discrimination against women was something that happened to other people, not to me, and not to “us.” Belonging to a Coptic Christian family, I […]
SURVEY SHOWS “GREATER THAN EVER” IMPACT OF PROGRAMMING FOR MIDDLE EAST FAMILIES
February 2019An independent survey has shown that SAT-7’s life-changing impact on families in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is now greater than ever. The research revealed that at least 8.6 million viewers watched SAT-7’s ACADEMY-branded education programmes and showed a growth of 21 per cent in the number of Arab children watching the SAT-7 KIDS channel. The remarkable increase […]
SAT-7 ACADEMY CHANGES TO WIDEN VIEWERSHIP
February 2019A strategic change of direction has been implemented for SAT-7’s educational channel, SAT-7 ACADEMY. The steps have been taken mainly in response to a viewer survey carried out during the channel’s first year of being on-air. The survey revealed that almost all SAT-7 ACADEMY viewers also watch the SAT-7 ARABIC and SAT-7 KIDS channels. This was encouraging news, but it […]
Persian language programme remembers the Holocaust
February 2019A commitment to truth and justice and a desire to correct an imbalance in Iranian media lay behind a recent SAT-7 Insiders programme that marked Holocaust Memorial Day. The episode, produced in SAT-7’s UK Persian language studio, featured a report from the Jewish Museum in London and conversation with widely respected Bible teacher and author Arman Roshdi. “As a result of the Holocaust and […]
THE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING – FEBRUARY 2019
The first ever visit by a Catholic Pope to the Arabian Peninsula gave an important boost to religious coexistence in the region this month. During a three-day trip to Abu Dhabi (UAE), Pope Francis met with the Crown Prince, took part in a two-day “Conference on Human Fraternity” attended by 600 religious leaders and opinion shapers, and led a mass […]
‘This is Love’ Lent campaign links East and West
February 2019Christian broadcaster SAT-7 is offering UK Christians the chance to bring a Middle Eastern perspective to their journey through Lent this year. Better known in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) than in the UK, SAT-7 is a network of four satellite TV channels produced by Christians in the MENA region and watched by over 25 million Arabic, Persian […]
Faith shines through pain in viewers’ messages
February 2019Many SAT-7 viewers in Iran live with fears of arrest and betrayal in addition to the economic pressures faced by all Iranians. Yet their testimonies to God’s grace and goodness are an inspiration, says Hephzibah, who has translated many of their messages. Seeing the messages sent by SAT-7 PARS viewers is both “heartbreaking” and “inspiring”. So says Hephzibah, a US-based […]