Gazbia Sirry (1925 – 2021): She poured her soul out
On 10 November 2021, Egypt lost an illustrious painter, Gazbia Sirry who died at the age of 96. Her funeral ...
Tag: Samia Sidhom
2012: Identity of Egypt at stake
Given that Watani International is this year marking 20 years in print—our first issue was printed on 18 February 2001—we ...
Egypt’s 2011 Arab Spring: Destroying a homeland?
Given that Watani International is this year marking 20 years in print—our first issue was printed on 18 February 2001—we ...
Turbulence on all fronts
Given that Watani International is this year marking 20 years in print—our first issue was printed on 18 February 2001—we ...
Islamism gains ground
Given that Watani International is this year marking 20 years in print—our first issue was printed on 18 February 2001—we ...
Years strong on culture, hard on Copts
With Watani International this year marking 20 years on its first issue, we promised to treat our readers to reviews ...
Watani International 2003 and 2004: History replayed
As Watani International celebrates its 20th anniversary year, our first issue having been published on 18 February 2001, we have ...
Watani International 2001 and 2002: History in real time
It was no simple choice: What would the first issue of Watani International look like? How would we introduce ourselves ...
Watani International: On to third decade
On a cold Cairo winter day, with the sun shyly and hesitatingly showing up only every now and then, I ...
Watani International turns 20
Today,18 February 2021, Watani International marks its 20th anniversary. Admittedly, a 20th calls for celebration, but even more it induces ...
Tribute to Motherhood
It’s not Mother’s Day; it’s not Women’s Day; our reader may wonder why are we dedicating this article to Motherhood? ...
Our modern-day martyrs
That New Year Eve will forever remain etched in my mind. I had gone to bed and was fast asleep ...
Egypt heralds in her 6259th year, 1734th Coptic year
Today, 11 September, marks the first day of the Egyptian year 6259; also of the Coptic year 1734. The ancient ...
A meeting with the Pope
It’s not every day that you meet the Pope. We marked our calendar for Monday 6 March 2017 for that ...
Do Christians in Egypt need a law to build churches?
Given the discrimination, oppression and severe humiliation Christians in Egypt have to sustain if they so much as think of ...
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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