Court ruling: equal inheritance for men and women
Problems on hold Today I tackle yet another problem which deeply irks me and which I have vowed not to ...
Tag: Problems on hold
On legalising unlicensed churches: “So little over, so much lies ahead”
Problems on hold Ever since the Law for Building and Restoring Churches was issued in September 2016, Watani has been ...
On Article 241 bis
Problems on hold Today I resume writing on my ‘yes’ vote to the constitutional amendments proposed earlier this year and ...
Why I voted “yes”
I rarely disclose my vote in elections or referendums, the exception being in cases when I feel that disclosure ...
Defying all theories
Problems on hold Truly, the countries of our region, and the Third World they belong to, have brilliantly defied ...
Summit of determination? Or incapacity?
Problems on hold I am not alone in my dismay at the outcome of the 30th Arab League Summit held ...
Constitutional amendments: Societal dialogue wraps up
Problems on hold The amendments proposed to Egypt’s Constitution have been subjected to a wide-scale societal dialogue that concluded on ...
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 ...
Raise your head high … You’re a journalist
Problems on hold The title of this editorial derives from an axiom well known to Egyptians: “Raise your head high ...
Not by love alone
Problems on hold Salemo is literal for “Live peaceably” or “Be at peace”. The command was given by Jesus Christ ...
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 ...
Journalists’ Syndicate elections require amelioration
Problems on hold Journalists are getting ready to elect a new board for their syndicate next March. Diaa’ Rashwan, head ...
Will not despair on party reform
Problems on hold The “Problems on hold” column is witness that I do not despair of repeatedly broaching ...
In Minya: Unruliness not sectarian incidents
Problems on hold Watani’s issue of 20 January 2019 could have very well held the headline “Special issue on the ...
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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