Peace restored in Minya village following attack against Copts
In the early hours of 24 April, Anba Makarius, Bishop of Minya, posted on his X (previously Twitter) account that ...
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In photos: First Coptic Mass in Belgrade
Coptic Mass was celebrated for the first time in Belgrade, Serbia, last week. Anba Giovanni, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Central ...
Investigations ongoing into causes of fire at Akhmim church
Investigations are ongoing into the causes of a limited fire which broke out at the church of Mar-Girgis (St George) ...
Funeral prayers and burial in Egypt for three Coptic monks murdered in Johannesburg
Pope Tawadros II presided over a funeral service held on 19 March at Cairo’s St Mark Cathedral for three Coptic ...
Funeral prayers for three Coptic monks murdered in Johannesburg
On Sunday 17 March funeral prayers were held at the Archdiocese of South Africa in Johannesburg for the three Coptic ...
Suspected killer of Johannesburg Coptic monks caught, charged with murder
A 35-year-old Copt who goes by the name of Saïd has been charged by Johannesburg investigation authorities with murdering ...
Three Coptic monks murdered in Johannesburg
Three Coptic Orthodox monks were murdered today, 12 March 2024, in the Coptic monastery of St Mark the Apostle and ...
Coptic jeweller’s murderer confesses crime
The killer of the Coptic jeweller in Cairo’s central Boulaq district has confessed his crime. During investigations by Central Cairo ...
Coptic jeweller’s murderer caught in Cairo
In less than 24 hours on the murder of a Coptic jeweller in his shop in Cairo, the police caught ...
Coptic Church celebrates The 21 Libya martyrs on their feast day
“May you live and remember” is the clause commonly used by Egyptians to address those commemorating loved ones who passed ...
Celebrating Coptic Press a second time
When the first Coptic Press Day was held by Pope Tawadros a year ago, on 3 December 2022, the Pope ...
Copts in Minya village attacked for building church
Minya police succeeded in bringing under control a violent attack against the Copts in the village of al-Uzeib in Samalout, ...
Sister of two priests murdered in Minya’s Mallawi
The body of Rauth Rashid, a 36 year-old Coptic woman, was found on 28 October inside a car near the ...
Deadline for expatriates to settle military service position extended
Egypt’s Minister of Emigration and Expatriate Egyptians Affairs, Soha Gendy, announced that, in response to large demand, the Egyptian government ...
Cairo Opera House’s summer season
Cairo Opera House is launching this year’s summer season, known as the Summer Festival 2023, in July at both its ...
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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