Arab League: the far from possible unity?
Problems on hold The Arab League (AL) has got a new secretary-general, the Egyptian eminent diplomat Ahmed Abul-Gheit. Mr Abul-Gheit succeeds ...
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Watani honours its pledge
Problems on hold On 22 September 2013 Watani launched a donation fund for the benefit of the Copts who had suffered ...
Problems on hold Where does the law stand?
Last week’s editorial was published under the title “Minya Independent Islamic Republic” and dealt with the lack of law enforcement ...
Why Minya?
The recent wave of attacks against Copts in Egypt has revealed that the majority of these attacks occurred in the ...
“Minya Independent Islamic Republic”
Problems on hold I have never been hasty in writing down my opinion; quite the contrary, I have always been used ...
Problems on hold Brexit: Disastrous referendum
The decision by British Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a public referendum on whether Britain should remain a member ...
The needle hole that leads to university
Problems on hold As though Egypt were not facing enough challenges as things stand! What with the enormous efforts directed at ...
Problems on hold Still losing the Nile Silt
A week ago Egypt marked two years into the presidency of Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. This called for a review of the ...
To our subscribers outside Egypt: an apology
Problems on hold The Russian plane crash over Sinai Peninsula last October, suspected to be a terrorist act, led to ...
What syndicate role?
Problems on hold Watani came out last Sunday carrying no coverage on the recent dispute between the Journalists’ Syndicate and the ...
Social media as a minefield
EDITORIAL Problems on hold I have repeatedly resisted the urge to challenge public opinion forming elements in Egypt, be they a wide ...
The Nile silt we are losing
Problems on hold Egypt’s current engrossment with elections for the upcoming parliament has not overshadowed public interest in issues concerning the ...
Watani’s man of gold
For Watani’s Victor Salama, October 2015 marks his 70th birthday, 50 years on his first joining Watani, and 30 years ...
Haven of peace in Downtown Cairo
As the Coptic Church celebrates St John the Baptist today, 2 Tut, Watani sheds light on one of the recently-built ...
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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