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Diplomatic briefcase
WATANI International1 August 2010 French grantsTwo French Development Agency (AFD) grant agreements totalling 1.5 million Euros were recently signed with the...
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Feast of the Apostles
Tomorrow the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Apostles, marking the day of the martyrdom of St Peter...
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Marking a conclusive day
9WATANI International3 October 2010Next Wednesday, Egypt marks the 37th anniversary of the October War. On that date back in 1973,...
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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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