Watani talks to Anba Bigol, Bishop and Abbot of al-Muharraq Monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary
June is the month of celebrating the Holy Family—the Child Jesus, His mother Mary, and St Joseph—in Egypt. The first ...
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Pope Tawadros celebrates Entry of Holy Family into Egypt as: Unique and exclusive
Pope Tawadros has this year celebrated the Feast of the Entry of the Holy Family into Egypt, by attending an ...
Commemorative coins and stamps mark GEM opening
On a celebratory note, the Egyptian Mint Authority, affiliated to the Finance Ministry, has issued non-circulating commemorative coins in gold ...
Holy Family journey in Egypt explained to tourist operators
In a move that reflects the growing significance of religious tourism in Egypt, a training course—it was in fact more ...
A Human Beacon
It was the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Coptic Studies (ICS) in Cairo. As we entered the hall hosting ...
Wagdy Habashy (1940 – 2024): A life “painted by the hand of the Lord”
Wagdy Habashy (1940 - 2024), Watani’s very own art critic, passed away on 8 July, following a long struggle with ...
Watani honoured by Coptic Orphans, Lovers of Coptic Heritage, Symphony Festival
The month of October 2023 has been a favourable one for Watani, one that brought smiles to faces despite the ...
Egypt celebrates Holy Family’s journey in its land: The blessings
“The Holy Family’s Entry into Egypt” is a prominent event exclusively celebrated in Egypt every 1st of June. Even though ...
Feast of Entry of Holy Family in Egypt
The feast is exclusive to Egypt. Of all the countries in the world, it was Egypt that was chosen by ...
St Mark Foundation of Coptic Heritage holds its 10th symposium: The Coptic Bible
The Coptic Bible, its old manuscripts, and the languages relevant to it, have been the focus of the 10th International ...
Isaac Fanous (1919 – 2007): Icons take a modern face
He is famous as the pioneer of the modern form of an ancient art, that of the Coptic icon. This ...
200 years on deciphering the Rosetta Stone … 200 years on Egyptology
Were it not for the Rosetta Stone and for the French scholar, philologist and orientalist Jean-François Champollion (1790 – 1832), ...
Holy Family in virtual reality
Of all the countries in the world, the Lord Jesus chose Egypt to flee to from the face of Herod ...
BLESS’s development service: A Christ-like fragrance
“BLESS”! What an apt acronym for the Coptic Orthodox Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical, and Social Services, the bishopric established in ...
BLESS: 60 years of love and service
Under the motto “60 years of love and service”, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the 60th anniversary of its Bishopric ...
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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