Coptic Metropolitan Athanasius of Marseille and Toulon (1933 – 2023) passes away
Pope Tawadros II and the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod issued a statement on 22 October 2023 mourning the passing of ...
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Egypt in mourning for victims of Israeli bombing in Gaza
As Egypt grieves for the victims of the 17 October bombing of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza, President Sisi has ...
Pope Tawadros visits Milan and Venice, consecrates St Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Venice
The Coptic congregation in Milan and Venice were overjoyed to welcome among them Pope Tawadros II who paid them a ...
Father Samaan (1941 – 2023) of Muqattam passes away
Today 11 October 2023, the Coptic Church lost one of its iconic figures: Fr Samaan Ibrahim, founder and pastor ...
Egypt awarded WHO ‘Gold Tier’ for eradication of Hepatitis C
Egypt is celebrating a landmark achievement: winning WHO’s Gold Tier for eradicating Hepatitis C. On 9 October 2023, the World ...
No casualties of huge fire at Ismailiya Security headquarters
A fire that erupted in the early hours of 2 October 2023 has devoured the security headquarters of the Suez ...
Dates for Egypt’s 2024 presidential election announced
In a press conference held this afternoon 23 September 2023, the National Elections Authority (NEA) announced that nominations for the ...
Coptic Church shares in grief for Storm Daniel victims in Beni Sweif
Pope Tawadros II dispatched on 20 September a delegation of bishops to offer the Coptic Church’s and his personal condolences ...
Egypt buries victims of Libya’s Storm Daniel, grants financial aid to families
As Egypt has been sending relief to Morocco and Libya in the wake of the huge earthquake that hit the ...
Tugboat that sunk in Suez Canal recovered
The Suez Canal Authority announced that it has recovered its tugboat Fahd which had on 5 August collided with a ...
Private room of St Pope Kyrillos VI open to visitors
As the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the two-week Fast of the Holy Virgin during 7 - 21 August, the Coptic ...
Collision between tugboat and tanker in Suez Canal leaves one dead
One crew member lost his life when a Suez Canal tugboat collided with a Chinese LPG tanker in the Canal; ...
To coincide with Holy Virgin’s Fast: Our Lady of Assiut blesses her children
The largest ever statue in Egypt of the Holy Virgin has been installed in Assiut, some 350km south of Cairo. ...
Sudan Council of Churches condemns attacks against churches
In a statement issued on 20 May 2023, Sudan’s Council of Churches condemned ongoing attacks by the Rapid Support Forces ...
Pope talks to reporters on Coptic file “Let’s work together”
On Saturday 29 April, Pope Tawadros II received media and press reporters in charge of reporting on the Coptic ...
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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