“My life is not safe. It wasn’t safe when I was in Afghanistan and it isn’t even now that I am in [another country].” These words from a SAT-7 PARS viewer and journalist came in response to an episode of Insiders that explored the importance of press freedom. The writer continued: “I work for an official online news site [for […]
Testimonies recently received by SAT-7’s Turkish-language channel show how deeply its message of God’s love is impacting people’s lives. “I take joy in watching your channel. Because I am watching, my entire household has turned against me. But no matter what happens, I will continue to watch,” one viewer says. The viewer shares that he was “biased” against Christians, like […]
The 1990s were one of the most difficult decades for Iran’s small but growing church, as several leaders were martyred for the sake of their faith and their desire to share God’s message of salvation, hope, and love. In a powerful interview on SAT-7 PARS program Insiders, Issa Dibaj spoke of the life and example of his father, the Revd […]
23 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 […]
Films 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 […]
Escalating 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 […]
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 […]
What is it like to practise your faith when your freedom of belief is under threat? Our Cairo-based Communications Officer Mary Joseph shares her experience of living through a time when Christians in Egypt have felt additionally vulnerable. A few weeks into Lent, as Christians were immersed in daily church prayers and charitable activities, they were hit with the news […]
The images of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine have shocked us all. Footage of indiscriminate bombings of apartment blocks, hospitals and critical infrastructure, such as water and electricity hubs, assail us like flashbacks of recent events in the Middle East. What we are witnessing in Ukraine is a continuation of the devastating attacks Russia made on civilian areas of Syria […]
