Societal dialogue on constitutional amendments
Problems on hold Societal dialogue on the constitutional amendments proposed has taken off the third week of this month, March ...
Tag: Constitution
Amending the presidential term
Problems on hold In my last two editorials, I tackled the constitutional amendments proposed by 155 MPs in a request ...
On proposed constitutional amendments
Problems on hold This week I resume tackling the topic of the constitutional amendments proposed in a request submitted to ...
On amending the Constitution
Problems on Hold Now that the House of Representatives has consented to the request submitted by 155 MPs to amend ...
Serious about battling discrimination?
Problems on hold The second parliamentary round which took off less than a month ago promises to yield a number of ...
Law for building churches put to the test
Problems on hold Egypt’s House of Representatives has passed the Law for Building and Restoring Churches just before the first parliamentary ...
Not everyone is happy with the law for building churches
The law for building and restoring churches which was passed by the House of Representatives on 30 August is still ...
Back to lifetime president?!
Problems on holdPresident Sisi’s credit of love and respect has been rising by the day in the hearts of Egyptians. ...
Problems on hold .. ‘Advice and guidance’ in religious conversion Painkiller, not treatment
The recent incident of the Gabal al-Teir Coptic woman who went missing for 25 days and was declared by the ...
A parliament for the marginalised
If a healthy person can’t help me, how can I expect one with a disability to be able to do ...
The turnout for the referendum on the new Constitution comes
True, Egyptians did go out and vote in a new Constitution with a sweeping majority of some 98.1 per cent. ...
Putting the Constitution into action
Egyptians have passed the test with flying colours. Last week saw them head to the polling stations in joyful droves ...
Why say ‘yes’ to the constitution (III)
This is the third and final episode of my reading of the new Draft Constitution. I present it as we ...
Why say ‘yes’ to the constitution (II)
I carry on this week with my reading of the new Draft Constitution, shedding light on its positive aspects and ...
Why say ‘yes’ to the constitution
I wrote last week that the challenge ahead of us, now that the Draft Constitution awaits our vote, is to ...
Watani started as an Egyptian weekly Sunday newspaper published in Cairo. The word Watani is Arabic for “My Homeland”. The paper was founded in 1958 by the prominent Copt Antoun Sidhom (1915 – 1995), who strove for the establishment of a civil, democratic society in Egypt, where all Egyptians would enjoy full citizenship rights regardless of their religious denomination. To this day when Watani is published as a weekly paper and an online news site, the objective remains the same. Those in charge of Watani view this role as a patriotic all-Egyptian vocation. Special attention is given to shedding light on Coptic culture and tradition as authentically Egyptian, this being a topic largely disregarded or little-understood by Egypt’s media. Watani is deeply dedicated to offer its readers high quality, extensive, objective, credible and well-researched media coverage, with special focus on Coptic issues, culture, heritage, and contribution to Egyptian society.
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