SAT-7 CEO explains why Egyptians see events differently Recent political events in Egypt, especially security force conflicts with the Muslim Brotherhood, have highlighted both deep divisions within Egypt and between how the situation has been viewed in Egypt and abroad. All people with a concern for human life have been deeply distressed by the violence and numbers of deaths in […]
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 […]
Thousands of Christian children pray to become change-makers in Egypt In a country rocked by change and division, some 1,400 eight to fourteen-year-old Egyptian children last week gathered to worship and ask God to change them to be the salt and light for Jesus in their communities. The first ever One Thing Kids festival was held at the desert oasis […]
SAT-7 ARABIC has been one of the first channels to take advantage of a new live broadcasting service from YouTube. On 18th May the station aired its first programme live on the YouTube Live channel, three days after the service began. The online service provider expanded its services on 15th May to all channels that have over 1,000 subscribers and […]
SAT-7 broadcasts united night of prayer for Egypt, Thursday 13 December, on eve of referendum on constitution Less than two years after its democratic revolution, Egypt is in crisis – its people more divided than ever, with many fearful of the impact of a constitution which is being put to a popular vote on Saturdays 15 and 22 December 2012. […]
In August Wazala reported on the remarkable increase of the Algerian church – thought to be the fastest growing church in the Arab world. Since then, there has been great progress in the TV broadcasts which Pastor Youssef, of the House of Hope Fellowship, mentioned. This week we heard that some 31 of the 52 church services in Arabic and […]
Visiting Iraq has been on SAT-7’s agenda for more than three years. What pushed us to make the trip this year were the statistics that showed the number of children watching the KIDS channel and the popularity of the youth show ‘From Me to You’ which receives the majority of its calls from Iraq. Our plan was to present a […]
A Jordanian “convinced by the person of Jesus” “It may seem strange, but this is what I totally believe in,” wrote Ramez*, a Jordanian living in Saudi Arabia, as he related the seven-year journey that had brought him, much to his amazement, to become a follower of Jesus. Ramez began writing to SAT-7’s audience relations team in the autumn of […]
