With tensions remaining high in the region and air strikes and ground operations impacting thousands of Lebanese families, we’ve released this Emergency Country Briefing looking at Lebanon in more detail. We’ll look at how Christians are responding to the unfolding situation and hear from one of SAT-7’s directors in Lebanon, Sarah Soueidy, about how the team are keeping faith and […]
As Lebanon experiences its worst violence in almost 20 years, SAT-7’s studio in Beirut is continuing to broadcast programmes offering comfort and support to people shaken by this week’s devastating airstrikes. Nearly 800 people have been killed and thousands injured in the bombings since Monday (23 September). And tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes […]
As Lebanon continues to face uncertainty about what will happen to its people across the country, SAT-7’s Beirut studio calls for prayers that the situation will de-escalate and their country will be protected from being dragged into war. “Yesterday, we witnessed the worst violence in Lebanon for the last 20 years. Almost 500 people were killed, and more than 1,000 […]
As tensions continue to rise across the Middle East, a powerful episode of SAT-7’s Voice of the Church has offered comfort and hope to viewers in Lebanon and beyond. During the episode, entitled “Lord, Have Mercy on Us”, church leaders and other believers lifted up heartfelt prayers for Lebanon and the wider region, calling on God for peace and help. […]
In this personal reflection on the turbulent situation in Lebanon, SAT-7’s Marianne Awaraji shares her fears as the mother of an eight-year-old son, and how she is helping him – and others – to put their trust in God. By Marianne Awaraji, Audience Relations Manager for SAT-7’s Arabic channels For such a time as this: Focusing on eternity instead […]
As fears for war in Lebanon grow, please join us in lifting up the nation and the city of Beirut in prayer. SAT-7’s Lebanese TV studio is situated just outside Beirut so we are monitoring the situation closely. SAT-7’s studio in Beirut was thankfully not affected by the strike in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday 30 July and all staff […]
Growing up in war-torn Syria, it is no surprise that Hagar abandoned her hopes of becoming an actress. But after finding faith in Jesus and appearing on SAT-7, the Kurdish teenager is now living out her dreams. Throughout her recent interview with SAT-7 KIDS director Mark Awaraji, Hagar is holding a mug with a poignant Bible verse printed on it: […]
“We urgently need to find our way back to peace in line with the UN Charter [of Human Rights] and international law.” This was the impassioned message that Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, sent to the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council last month. Prominent among the examples he gave were Gaza, Sudan, Syria […]
As Father’s Day is celebrated around the world, we consider the challenges facing fathers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and hear from SAT-7 viewers who are looking to their Heavenly Father to help them raise their own families. Arman, a father from Afghanistan, reached out to SAT-7 with this heartbreaking message: “I am truly tired of life […]
Freedom and security seem ever more elusive in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This month, we bring you various reports on religious freedom, women’s rights and press freedom, as well as more hopeful news from Syria. Freedom of religion and of belief is “being challenged more and more” around the world, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom […]