Funeral of Prince Philip (1921 – 2021): A different form of grief
On 17 April, I was among the millions worldwide who viewed the BBC’s live broadcast of the funeral of Prince ...
Tag: Problems on hold
Egypt’s water security: Leave the baking to the baker
No one can deny Egyptians the right to be concerned about Egypt’s water security, specifically vis-à-vis the Grand Renaissance Dam ...
I took the vaccine
Last month, I twice tackled the topic of the rollout of coronavirus vaccine. I wrote of the mixed Egyptian public ...
Downtown Cairo buildings: Shiny from the outside..
Under the headline “Soliman Pasha Street and Square”, Watani prints in its Arabic issue this week the story of the ...
Journalists Syndicate elections under COVID-19
Once again, it is time for midterm elections of the Journalists Syndicate, held every two years to elect the syndicate ...
Now, will you take the vaccine?
Last week I reviewed the facts on coronavirus and the spread of COVID-19 which led to a global rush to ...
Will you take the vaccine?
At this time last year, the world was in the throes of fear and panic on account of the rapid ...
Talk shows turned media boutiques?
The angry public response to recent comments made on TV, which were deemed offensive to people of Upper Egypt—the southern ...
Good bye proper Arabic?
A firm stand taken earlier this month by the Speaker of Egypt’s House of Representatives Hanafy al-Gebali is worth consideration ...
Basilique flyover: Sacrificing heritage to traffic?
Lest any official should say that nothing can ever please us Egyptians, let me start by spelling out my appreciation ...
No postal addresses in new urban communities
We live in an era in which technology takes us all by storm; every aspect of modern-day life is swamped ...
Awaiting resolution in 2021: Plastics use and waste
Egypt’s public and media have been attentively and appreciatively following the activities of the new House of Representatives. These activities ...
Tuk tuk and minivan: Issues carried into 2021
Some may think that I have run out of topics to write about, so am going back to my old ...
Rental law for non-residential housing: More luggage carried into 2021
The bill for amending the old rental law for non-residential housing units is expected to have a huge impact on ...
Luggage we carry into 2021
Last year, I started 2020 with reviewing Egyptian issues that had not been resolved in 2019 and had thus to ...
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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