New audience for SAT-7’s Turkish channel!
July 2016SAT-7’s channel for Turkish viewers is now available to four-five million people on a private subscription TV service. SAT-7 TÜRK, which became the first Christian channel on Turkey’s national satellite Türksat at the beginning of 2015, is now also available on D-Smart. The digital satellite platform broadcasts its own channels with SAT-7 TÜRK becoming the 157th in the listings. Broadcasting […]
Jordanian children express love for the stranger
July 2016Children in Jordan demonstrated Jesus’ heart of love for the stranger when they were interviewed on SAT-7 about what they would do if they met a refugee from Syria or Iraq. “I’d tell him that God loves him and invite him to our house,” said a girl named Hotaf. A young boy said: “I’d gather my friends and collect money […]
Youth Awakening in Turkey
July 2016Mardin, in south-east Turkey, has lately become a haven from surrounding conflict. A SAT-7 TÜRK team member joined the first national gathering of young Turkish Christians in the city – hearing their journeys of faith and meeting non-Christians curious to learn what it is that Christians believe. This is the first of a two-part report. Mardin is one of the […]
The Briefing – July 2016
Terror in Ramadan A spate of deadly bombings by so-called Islamic State sent shockwaves as Muslims marked Ramadan, the month of fasting. Meanwhile, in the UK the 6 July publication of the Chilcot report was a timely reminder of how the West is no distant spectator of events unfolding in the Middle East. Actions taken or avoided in the UK […]
Confronting child marriage in the Middle East and North Africa
July 2016“Because I am a Woman” looks at the situation of 1 in 5 women in the region When did you last spot a wedding party and stop a moment to gaze at the bride and groom in their joy and finery? But imagine your reaction if you saw that the bride marrying a husband in his 30s was just a […]
“I forgave Daesh”
July 2016Azraa from the Nineveh Valley in Iraq told SAT-7 how she and her family – like thousands threatened by the militants – had to flee to Iraqi Kurdistan. With tears welling up in her eyes, the young girl said: “We used to wonder why God did this to us and why we were forcibly displaced. Why did He allow this? […]
Live shows condemn attack on elderly Christian woman
June 2016A shocking incident in which a 70-year-old Christian woman was stripped naked and dragged through the streets of Upper Egypt was condemned on two topical SAT-7 programmes. Women’s chat show Needle and Thread and current affairs programme Bridges discussed the attack on the woman by a mob of around 300 armed men, who also vandalised and torched seven homes belonging […]
The cost of Answering the Cry – Farid Samir
June 2016Facing jail, trusting in God For Farid Samir, SAT-7’s Executive Director in Egypt, the cost of answering the cry has from time to time involved visits from the police department. But action by the censorship police last October was the most serious. SAT-7 equipment worth more than £65,000 was seized and Farid temporarily detained. He was left facing multiple investigations […]