The beheading of 21 young Egyptian Copts in Libya by jihadists aligned with ISIS has sent a shockwave across Egyptian society and has united people of different faiths in sorrow and outrage. Many Egyptians have seen in full the horrifying video, including the moments when the captives prayed before their execution. A SAT-7 journalist in Cairo described how on Monday […]
Christian channel SAT-7 TÜRK has begun broadcasting on the government-regulated Türksat 4A satellite. The transmissions are an historic step allowing more than 50 million viewers in Turkey and many more Turkish speaking viewers in Europe and Central Asia to watch SAT-7 TÜRK. “We are overwhelmed and truly believe it is a miracle that we can finally broadcast on Türksat,” said […]
Some words of Sir Winston Churchill, whose funeral 50 years ago was remembered last month, remain as relevant as ever: “To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” While brutality and war-war continued to dominate news from the MENA region, talks and common sense pulled others back from the brink. News from the Region The war in Syria continues in […]
Last month we summarised the major developments in the MENA in 2014. In this Briefing we look at six key questions to highlight the issues and concerns we expect to play a major role in 2015. The year ahead The biggest question for 2015 is the ISIS/Islamic State, Syria, Iraq triangle. While analysts now forecast a decreasing reach for […]
Lebanese TV presenters and musicians have shared how Christians in the Middle East are seeking to share the love of Christ to people fleeing conflict and atrocities in Syria and Iraq. Joyce Saddi and Rawad Daou – two hosts of a weekly live youth show from Beirut broadcast on Christian satellite channel, SAT-7 ARABIC – spoke and performed songs at […]
At the end of the month Joyce and Rawad, presenters and musicians on SAT-7’s popular From Me to You young adults show, are coming to the UK to participate in our Encounter the Middle Eastevenings on 27 September and 4 October. We caught up with Joyce to find out her hopes are for their visit and to ask how the […]
Two leading Christian musicians and TV presenters from Lebanon will perform and give insights into the lives of Middle East viewers facing perilous situations when they visit the UK from 27 Sept to 4 October. Joyce Saddi and Rawad Daou are members of Strongholds, a renowned Christian worship and recording group in the Middle East, and hosts of From Me […]
SAT-7 viewers in Iraq are among those at risk as a result of the advance of militant groups in the north of the country. SAT-7 ARABIC is calling on viewers to pray for them (see pic: “We pray for the people of Iraq. Pray with us.”) In this report, SAT-7 founder Dr Terence Ascott and a Middle East analyst comment. […]
Receiving an award from your industry peers is always going to be exciting. No more so than when that recognition is for your work in improving the lives of society’s most vulnerable. That’s what happened this summer for Juliana Sfeir, Special Projects Manager and Executive Producer of social impact programmes at SAT-7 Lebanon when the Lebanese Center for Human Rights […]
The six-week standoff between an Egyptian government installed by the army and supporters of ousted President Morsi came to a violent end yesterday (15 August) with at least 525 deaths and 3,572 injured (BBC report 15/8/2013). As the army crackdown occurred, reprisal attacks that had been threatened during the protests were made by Morsi sympathisers against many buildings across the […]
