SAT-7 ACADEMY: Steps towards freedom
February 2017This summer, SAT-7 is looking to break new ground when it launches a new educational channel. SAT-7 ACADEMY will build on My School broadcasts – watched by over 1.3 million children – and on the broader range of educational shows the network provides. SAT-7 is currently exploring a range of funding opportunities to enable this exciting new venture. “Education is […]
Speaking up about changed lives
February 2017Every day, people have difficult questions, face problems, or need to make important decisions, but sometimes they don’t know the right path to choose. SAT-7 receives many calls and messages requesting help and counselling in problems ranging from interpersonal issues to life-threatening situations. Around 40 per cent of the daily messages to SAT-7 include questions about marital problems, relationship issues […]
God answered despairing widow’s cry
February 2017Life had become so difficult and painful for one 60-year-old widow and viewer of SAT-7 that she wanted to die. But while watching a live prayer and worship programme on SAT-7, God spoke to her and she felt compelled to call the show and share her story with presenter Maher Fayez. “I have been a widow for 15 years. I […]
Giving women a voice on everyday important issues
February 2017A daytime chat show aimed at supporting women in Iran and Afghanistan, is now live on SAT-7 PARS every week. Insiders discusses a wide range of cultural, lifestyle and family-oriented topics from a Christian perspective. The programme features expert opinion and viewers’ experiences on day-to-day topics as varied as the role of men in childbirth, re-marriage of widows, and fortune […]
The briefing – February 2017: MENA region enters a new uncertain phase
February 2017The Middle East has entered yet another uncertain phase. New US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is difficult to forecast, but his executive order (27 January) suspending refugee admissions and temporarily barring visits from seven Muslim-majority countries made ripples in the region. Christians in the Middle East were in the uncomfortable position of seeing people from their region barred from […]
Assaulted Christian woman still waits for justice
February 2017SAT-7 current affairs show Bridges has reported on the latest turn in the shocking case of Souad Thabet, a 70-year-old Christian woman who was stripped naked and dragged through the streets of Al-Karm village in Upper Egypt in May 2016. This and the torching of her and six other Christian-owned homes followed rumours of an affair between her son and […]
Is Valentine’s Day celebrated in the Middle East?
February 2017As western flower sellers, restaurants and chocolatiers prepare for a Valentine’s Day bonanza, how do couples in the Middle East mark the day – or do they? In Saudi Arabia, it is the religious police who swoop on chocolatiers and flower sellers, zealous to enforce a ban on the celebration as a western import that incites immorality. In Iran, the […]
Scarred city becomes refugee sanctuary
February 2017Once besieged by the Syrian army, a Lebanon town has become a place of welcome for Syrians fleeing terror thanks to God’s work in the lives of Lebanese Christians. SAT-7’s Dave Mann visited Zahlé, where he met with Syrian refugees and those ministering to them…. It should be easy to write a tourist brochure for Zahlé. The city lies high […]