Egypt’s Arab Spring replays in Sudan
Problems on hold The lands and peoples of Egypt and Sudan are closely linked through their geography and history. The ...
Tag: Youssef Sidhom
Ramadan TV shows: Preventing harm beforehand or after it’s done?
Problems on hold Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, concluded last Tuesday, and it was Happy Eid Fitr for ...
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 ...
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 ...
The glorious Resurrection … A new era
Today the Coptic Orthodox Church and Egypt in her entirety celebrate the glorious Resurrection of Christ, a feast that has ...
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 ...
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 ...
On amending the Constitution
Problems on Hold Now that the House of Representatives has consented to the request submitted by 155 MPs to amend ...
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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