SAT-7 film Perhaps God Sees Me, which offers a message of hope for young people experiencing despair, has won the Jewel Award for best drama at the CEVMA (Christian European Visual Media Association) awards. It is the film’s second accolade, as it also picked up the Best Humanitarian Short Film Award at the Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries last […]
As World Suicide Prevention Day was marked on 10 September, SAT-7 is breaking through stigma and silence to bring hope to viewers in the depths of despair. Every 40 seconds, somewhere in the world, a life is lost to suicide – amounting to more than 700,000 deaths every year. Globally, more than half of all suicides are committed by those […]
This week was World Mental Health Day (10 October), and as cases of depression increase in the Middle East, SAT-7’s viewer support teams are on hand to offer advice, prayer, and professional help. Marianne Awaraji, SAT-7 ARABIC’s Audience Relations Manager, said that depression has been on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic. “This resulted in increased domestic violence, isolation, and […]
Civic and religious leaders and government ministers gathered at SAT-7’s Lebanon studios on Thursday 9 February for an event to mark the publication of a very special book. It comprises moving stories that young people of different faiths, nationalities and races told at Storytelling Clubs that formed part of SAT-7’s social cohesion project, Lebanon, Our Story (LOS). The book, also […]
Many people in Persian countries live with trauma, says Revd Annahita Parsan, a refugee and survivor of domestic abuse and the presenter of a new biblical counselling series on SAT-7 PARS. But the liberating message of her series, Detox for the Soul, is that no-one with these emotional and mental scars is a lost cause: they can be set free. Although […]
Suicide prevention has never been more important – but how can people receive the support and hope they need if the very topic remains taboo? SAT-7 is one of very few voices speaking out about mental health crisis and suicide in the Middle East. As our channels raise awareness, our Audience Relations teams are supporting and counselling viewers in crisis, […]
A Way for Tomorrow is a new SAT-7 ARABIC show aimed firmly at the fifthi of the Arab world population who are aged 15-25. This almost 100 million people are the most highly educated age group in the region, the most questioning, and probably the most energetic! So it’s highly appropriate that this 26-part series gives them a voice and […]
After struggling with mental health issues, both Dr Isana and Inna* experienced healing and found peace in Jesus Christ. Now, the SAT-7 PARS presenters seek to improve awareness of mental health issues in Tajikistan, and witness to God’s hope, through a new programme in the Tajik dialect of Persian. “I have personally experienced clinical depression,” shares Dr Isana, presenter of the upcoming […]
18 November 2020 As nations mark World Television Day (21 November), soaring audience engagement shows that Christian television is bringing hope to Middle East viewers grappling with COVID-19. Middle East Christian TV network SAT-7 is looking back on a record year of interactions between its viewers and audience support teams. Since the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) began confronting […]
SAT-7 Egypt journalist Mary Joseph reflects on a summer when Cairo’s bustling streets went abnormally quiet. While many Cairenes flocked to beach resorts, those who stayed behind faced a strange new reality. Four months on since the coronavirus made its official appearance in Egypt, the summer heat still soars, while the relentless virus-related WhatsApp messages have cooled off. Summer, a […]