A civil, democratic, modern constitution
This week should see the conclusion of the presidential race in Egypt. No matter who the polls bring to the ...
Tag: civil
Islamist vs civil; not revolution vs fuloul
The first round of Egypt’s presidential elections is over. It was, by all standards, a fair election that gained the ...
The civil or the Islamist?
So the race to the presidency of Egypt has now been finalised to 13 candidates, each of whom is striving ...
Call for civil disobedience
The Liberal Front for Peaceful Transition (LFPT), together with a number of political movements, has called for a general strike ...
Maspero detainees to be tried before civil court
Message number 82 issued by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on their Facebook page today, declared that ...
For the love of Egypt: A “Friday for a civil State”
WATANI International13 August 2011 Follow Watani’s website for a minute by minute update of the “Friday for a civil State”. Some ...
A “Friday for a civil State”
WATANI International14 August 2011A rally is expected to be held on 12 August in Tahrir Square in Cairo, and simultaneously ...
Planning for a “Friday for a civil State” on 12 August
WATANI International 5 August 2011 Under the motto “For the love of Egypt”, several non-Islamist Egyptian political movements decided ...
The case for civil marriage
WATANI International10 July 2011 As a rule civil marriage is not permitted in Egypt, but there is an exception: when an ...
Whatever happened to civil society?
WATANI International13 March 2011 The question which begs an answer is why the political parties, rights groups, and civil society institutions ...
Towards a civil State
WATANI International20 February 2011 Egypt’s youth—and behind them the Egyptian people—have achieved their dream of overthrowing the regime. The revolution which ...
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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