Year in review: Copts’ right to worship
Problems on hold As we bid 2017 goodbye, I wish Egypt and her people a happy, peaceful 2018 full of ...
Tag: Koum al-Loufi
Before the Law for Building Churches:The Copts’ constitutional right to pray
Problems on hold I have repeatedly broached the topic of the Law for Building and Restoring Churches in my editorials. The ...
“Build a church? Out of question!”
In the Minya village of Koum al-Loufi, Islamists flagrantly incite against the right of Copts to build a church For ...
When Copts reject ‘conciliating’ with their attackers
That many Copts in Egypt are victims of attacks by fanatic Muslims is a fact beyond dispute. That in the ...
The Copts’ pain…and bitterness
In Watani International, we have an extensive archive based on, among other things, topic. The ‘Sectarian’ topic, as all others, ...
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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