Amending the presidential term
Problems on hold In my last two editorials, I tackled the constitutional amendments proposed by 155 MPs in a request ...
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Egypt’s Christmas gift
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it,” (Psalm 118:24). Coptic ...
Building Egypt … and the Egyptian
Anyone attempting to keep track of the megaprojects opening in Egypt these days may be forgiven for, at some point, ...
Mr President, take note: Copts are attacked, churches closed
Problems on hold Under the title “Contemplations on President’s swearing in”, I wrote last week commenting on the speech ...
Contemplations on President’s swearing in
Problems on hold Saturday 2 June marked an important occasion in Egyptian political life: President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took constitutional oath ...
Nostos: Reviving roots
Greeks and Cypriots visit Alexandria in a return to their roots They called it Nostos. The encyclopaedia says ‘Nostos’ is ...
Time for party reform
Problems on hold President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has won the confidence of Egyptians, who voted him in for a second presidential ...
Second term for President Sisi
In a landslide vote of 97 per cent, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has won a second four-year term, according to Egypt's ...
New Alamein: Gem on Egypt’s North Coast
Last week, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the first phase of Egypt’s new coastal city New Alamein, and laid the foundation ...
Egypt’s economy: where are we today?
Prior to the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, Egypt had a thriving economy. Investment flourished, tourism boomed at some USD11 ...
We need stronger parties
Problems on hold Together with many Egyptians, I welcomed news that President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi would be running for a second ...
Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ
On the evening of 6 January, Coptic Christmas Eve, one year ago, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi visited the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral ...
First International Youth Forum: A lesson to learn
Problems on hold Egypt hosted the World Youth Forum (WYF) from 4 to 10 November in the charming South Sinai ...
“We need to talk”
World youth meet at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt When some 1,500 of Egypt’s young people gathered at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ...
Re-forming the party map
Problems on hold Last week I tackled the urgent issue of the imperativeness of restructuring the map of political parties ...
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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