Coptic

Our reading in the Cairo press this month takes us to the trial of Alex W. in Dresden, Germany. Last...

Copts in the Egyptian press

WATANI International4 October 2009Our media round up this month takes us to the talk show Nahnu huna (We’re here) aired...

Copts in the Egyptian press

WATANI International6 September 2009 Our reading in the Cairo press this month takes us to the Cairo independent daily al-Dostour...

The Church in the press

Beyond any doubt, the Coptic Orthodox Church has opened up in an unprecedented way since Pope Shenouda III became pope...

Copts in the Egyptian press 30-442

WATANI International9 August 2009 Our reading in the Cairo press this month takes us to the tragic incident of Marwa...

Copts in the Egyptian press 29-438

Our reading in the Cairo press this month takes us to two letters sent by readers to the weekly State-owned...

Copts in the Egyptian press 28-433

WATANI International31 May 2009 Four years ago, the daily, State-owned Rose al-Youssef was the first national newspaper to dedicate a page...

Copts in the Egyptian press 25-420

A recent Sout al-Umma headline read “Muslim women in Pope Shenouda’s prisons”. Sout al-Umma is the Cairo weekly independent paper...

Copts Abroad

Young Copts away from home

Several decades ago many Coptic families decided to emigrate, setting off a great exodus. Yet although they were scattered all...

Coptology

History recalled

“Half century of Coptology”, the first Coptology conference held by the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo, opened last month...

Coptology

An Intimate Conversation about The Future of Coptology

While Egypt’s pharaonic history is widely known and studied, its Christian history is not as widely understood. The Coptic Orthodox...

The unified law for building places of worship

In July 2008, Watani kick-started a national campaign calling for a unified law for the building of places of worship....

The Pope in America

WATANI International4 October 2009The 86-year-old spiritual leader of the 15 million-member Coptic Orthodox Church spent much of Wednesday 20 September...

A 15-century-long journey

History tells us that, despite the Arian controversy at the Nicene Council, the Macedonians at the Constantinople Council and the...

Committee for St Makarius’s