Two nominations and “Special Mention” for SAT-7 children’s show at international TV awards
June 202223 June 2022 A SAT-7 KIDS series was one of only two programmes to receive a “Special Mention” and was nominated in two categories at the Prix Jeunesse International 2022 children’s television awards in Munich last week. A Story in the Attic, produced by SAT-7’s Lebanon studio, was nominated both in the Fiction for Ages 11-15 category and for the […]
THE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING – JUNE 2022
June 2022It was UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan who, in 1958, tweaked a Winston Churchill statement to say “jaw-jaw is better than war-war”. Happily, this month sees some examples – though not enough – of renewed dialogue bringing hope of peace and democracy to parts of the Middle East. News that US President Joe Biden is set to visit Saudi Arabia […]
NEW FESTIVAL NURTURES FILM-MAKING THAT CHANGES LIVES
June 2022Films and TV drama have the power to change our view of the world – from how we look at history and events (think Braveheart or Belfast), how we see life (It’s a Wonderful Life or The Pursuit of Happyness), or how we understand the lives of people whose experience is quite different from ours (The Theory of Everything or […]
HELPING AFGHANS TO FIND HOPE AND FREEDOM
June 2022Escalating restrictions on women’s freedoms, a return to repressive rule, broken promises for girls’ education, a collapsed economy, and one of the worst humanitarian crises of today’s world. All these have stripped people in Afghanistan of their hopes for the future. SAT-7 PARS is ramping up its efforts and making new connections to respond to these increasingly desperate needs. “Truly the people […]
Christian media pioneer honoured for Kingdom impact
May 202230 May 2022 The pioneering Christian media work of SAT-7 Founder and President, Dr Terence Ascott, has been recognised in the presentation of a Labib Madanat Kingdom Impact Award. The award honours “men and women whose self-sacrificing and courageous endeavours have conferred eternal benefit on thousands and thousands of people in the Greater Middle East, helping them on their journey […]
The Middle East Briefing – May 2022
May 2022Last weekend (15 May) citizens of Lebanon voted in parliamentary elections, for the first time since the 2019 “17 October Protests” over economic mismanagement and the unaccountability of political elites. There was much uncertainty over this election despite the wholesale anger with sitting politicians who are blamed for Lebanon’s economic crisis and its 2020 Beirut explosion. Former Prime Minister Saad […]
The Christian martyr’s niece who shares God’s love for the women of Iran
SAT-7 PARS presenter Rozita Hovsepian comes from a Christian family that has long played a prominent part in the growth of the Iranian Church. She tells us about the family life that shaped her and recalls the day she heard God’s call to ministry – at the funeral of her murdered uncle. Newly-weds Rozita and Michael arrived at passport control […]
“WE ARE RESILIENT – BUT FOR HOW LONG?”: VOICES FROM BEIRUT
May 2022I have just returned from Beirut, Lebanon. With the elections looming this weekend, the city is plastered with banners and posters of the different political parties, their colours and slogans on massive billboards along the highways. This is the first election since the Port explosion in Beirut on 4 August 2020. The government resigned following the explosion but have remained […]