As you listen to Fatma* tell the story of why she, her husband, Ibrahim* and their three girls became five of Lebanon’s one million Syrian refugees – you start to understand why so many have taken the ultimate step of leaving their home country. The chaos and violence have made life in their home country impossible and they feared especially […]
Best friends Myriam (10) and Sandra (9), who were driven from their homes in Iraq by so-called Islamic State (IS) last year and ended up in different countries, were brought together on a live SAT-7 KIDS show. The youngsters were reunited over a video phone call during an episode of Let’s Sing Together marking eastern Easter on 12 April. They […]
SAT-7 Egypt Director sees impact of “Resistance through forgiveness” The videos of a ten-year-old Iraqi displaced by IS (Islamic State) and of a brother of two Egyptian labourers beheaded in Libya both voicing forgiveness for their persecutors have been watched by a million viewers and drawn the attention of mainstream Arab media which rarely covers Christian news. Under the title […]
After being forced to leave her home country because of her new faith, Karema has become an ambassador for Christ to Syrians made homeless by war. Karema shared with us her journey to Christ from a Muslim background and how God has led her to new ministries while studying theology and training in Lebanon. Science graduate Karema was working in […]
What is it like for families to live as refugees without schools or work to go to and only canvas between you and the elements? SAT-7 Lebanon producer Johnny Jalek set out to answer these questions for his viewers when he began planning a filmed a visit to Syrian refugees. Johnny knew that, while many Lebanese have reached out to […]
SAT-7’s Middle East TV channels have prepared a packed schedule of programmes designed to deliver a message of peace and good will to viewers in some of the world’s most troubled countries this Christmas. Specially recorded interviews and footage from Christian refugees in Erbil, Northern Iraq will be part of the SAT-7 ARABIC programmes, following visits made there last week […]
Many of today’s Arab Christians are wondering what place they will have in the rapidly changing societies of their nations. SAT-7 programmes are giving Arab Christian leaders a platform to speak to them and are encouraging them to boldly play a positive role in their communities. Last Saturday, Host Bassem Maher introduced an episode of Bridges by describing the heritage […]
SAT-7 CEO, Dr Terence Ascott, today voiced the broadcaster’s grave concern for religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq following the latest surge by Islamic State (formerly ISIS) fighters in the country’s north. Most of the 50,000 population of Iraq’s largest Christian city, Qaraqosh, fled after the advance on Wednesday night. Christian refugees previously sought refuge in the town and smaller […]
Article 5 in our series: The Ethics of Global Engagement International pressure secured the safe release of Meriam Ibrahim when she faced the death penalty in Sudan for her faith. But mishandled public campaigns on behalf of persecuted Christians can cause more harm than good. A Middle East writer outlines the pitfalls to avoid. We all followed the distressing trial […]
“The soldiers stopped our school bus and ordered us all to get off,” said Babel, a girl from the dangerous region of northern Syria, as she shared her story on SAT-7 KIDS on 20 April. “We were all terrified, but I started praying and in a strange way felt totally at peace. I knew God was going to intervene and […]
