As Türkiye and Syria begin to pick up the pieces after being rocked by earthquakes, there was a diplomatic breakthrough for Saudi Arabia and Iran and pardons for Iranian protesters Thousands of aftershocks have continued five weeks after two powerful earthquakes struck Türkiye near its Syrian border. More than 48,000 people in Türkiye and 7,000 in Syria lost their lives and over 1.5 […]
Middle East Briefing – March 2023
SIX MONTHS ON: PERSIAN WOMEN STILL CALLING FOR FREEDOM
Six months have passed since the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, at the hands of the Iranian authorities. Against a backdrop of government oppression and police brutality, passionate protesters in the country continue to call for freedom. As Iranian women and girls seek a brighter future, SAT-7 has been amplifying their stories and prayers to the nation. […]
How historic Christianity in Yemen has a message for the Arab world today
Once home to flourishing and influential Christian communities, today only a few thousand believers live in Yemen. Most only meet each other in secret. But a new SAT-7 series, We Are the Arabs, uncovers the surprising ancient Christian heritage of this land. It does so with a purpose: to draw valuable lessons for today on how Arab Christians, living as a […]
Change and freedom for women in the Middle East
“In our community, we agreed that our daughter will marry our neighbour once she’s mature. But when I saw the early marriage clip, and I remembered what happened to me, I gained a little bit of strength to fight for my daughter and stop what happened to me happening to her.” This comment from Yolande, a viewer in Algeria, highlights […]
The lost daughter who motivates quake disaster rescue worker
Earthquake rescue workers in Lebanon and Türkiye have told SAT-7 ARABIC’s You Are Not Alone about the memory of a two-year-old daughter who inspires one to save other children in disaster zones and how experiences of civil war and the Beirut explosion prepared them for this intensive rescue operation. Ali Safieldeen, a Lebanese civil defense worker who was part of […]
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS SALUTE SAT-7 CROSS-COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT AIMS TO BUILD “A BETTER LEBANON”
Government ministers and civil society leaders in Lebanon have praised a SAT-7 project that brought together 14-24-year-olds from different faiths and nationalities in a country that has deep religious, racial and political divisions. Information Minister Ziyad Makary was visibly moved as he heard how the young people overcame barriers of prejudice to form understanding and friendship through the Lebanon, Our […]
SAT-7 TÜRK team head to disaster area
On Friday, 17 February, a team from SAT-7 TÜRK went to the area affected by the disastrous earthquake on 6 February to inform Turkish-speaking Christian viewers in Türkiye and around the world regarding the physical and mental status of people in the area and to document the latest status of the Christian cultural heritage. The team coordinated interviews with churches […]
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE: COURAGE AND HOPE AS LEBANON, OUR STORY BOOK LAUNCHES
Civic and religious leaders and government ministers gathered at SAT-7’s Lebanon studios on Thursday 9 February for an event to mark the publication of a very special book. It comprises moving stories that young people of different faiths, nationalities and races told at Storytelling Clubs that formed part of SAT-7’s social cohesion project, Lebanon, Our Story (LOS). The book, also […]
SAT-7 amplifies the voices of Syrian earthquake survivors
SAT-7 ARABIC programme You Are Not Alone dedicated its latest episode (10 February) to hearing from and sharing fellowship with earthquake survivors in Syria. Then, minutes after the programme ended, a volunteer firefighter who had spoken to the programme during an intense rescue and recovery operation, called with some wonderful news. “We are watching what is happening to the Syrian […]
Middle East Briefing – February 2023
A week after twin earthquakes in Türkiye destroyed buildings across an area the size of Germany the human scale of the disaster was becoming clear. By Sunday the combined death toll in Türkiye and Syria had passed 33,000, the number of lives claimed in Türkiye’s 1939 quake. Reports spoke of towns where 80 per cent of buildings had been levelled […]