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Shenouda: Bible Study Sectarian Inter-religious Holy Family Features Counselling Corner features Economy Business Education Social Issues Behaviour Mothers Day Health Environment Humour In memorial Interviews Nile Profile Special needs Sports Technology Tourism Wars Women Youth Watani Special Features Egypt – Arab Spring 25 January Revolution 25 Jan revolution, one year on Egypt post-30 June Watani Milestones 20 years Watani International 10 years Watani International Watani Jubilee Pope Shenouda Pope Tawadros Watani Forum No Result View All Result No Result View All Result ع Fr home Breaking news Copts buy new church in The Netherlands May 12, 2024 Israeli-Hamas negotiations: Game of time? May 10, 2024 Film produced by Egyptian villagers makes it to Cannes May 9, 2024 Resurrection Mass celebrated in prison May 9, 2024 Egypt’s last king roams country to warm reception by public May 8, 2024 Attackers of Minya Copts referred to Supreme State Security Prosecution May 8, 2024 Pope adds leaven to new Myron Oil May 8, 2024 Victory and Hope May 5, 2024 Rejoicing in Hope” (Rom 12:12) May 5, 2024 Glorious Feast of Resurrection… glorious Labour Day May 5, 2024 Next Prev main Attackers of Minya Copts referred to Supreme State Security Prosecution May 8, 2024 Coptic Affairs Pope adds leaven to new Myron Oil May 8, 2024 Easter Victory and Hope May 5, 2024 Easter Rejoicing in Hope” (Rom 12:12) May 5, 2024 Easter Celebrating renewal of life May 5, 2024 In memorial Remembering Watani founder May 2, 2024 Coptic Affairs One more honorary doctorate for Pope Tawadros April 23, 2024 Features Coptic Affairs Copts buy new church in The Netherlands May 12, 2024 Coptic Affairs Film produced by Egyptian villagers makes it to Cannes May 9, 2024 Coptic Affairs Resurrection Mass celebrated in prison May 9, 2024 Culture Egypt’s last king roams country to warm reception by public May 8, 2024 EDITOR’S CHOICE E Choise Peace restored in Minya village following attack against Copts April 24, 2024 0 In the early hours of 24 April, Anba Makarius, Bishop of Minya, posted on his X (previously Twitter) account that... 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May 10, 2024 Editorial Glorious Feast of Resurrection… glorious Labour Day May 5, 2024 Editorial On Israeli Palestinian conflict: Conscience speaks up April 26, 2024 Nile E Choise Egypt participates in operating first turbine on Tanzania’s Egyptian-built Julius Nyerere Dam January 24, 2024 features GERD: Egypt/Ethiopia negotiations fail again December 21, 2023 E Choise Egypt donates to Cote d’Ivoire medical equipment for liver centre September 19, 2023 Sectarian main Attackers of Minya Copts referred to Supreme State Security Prosecution May 8, 2024 E Choise Peace restored in Minya village following attack against Copts April 24, 2024 Coptic Affairs Furore over stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney April 16, 2024 Economy Economy SCZone contract with Turkish Eroglu to manufacture denim April 10, 2024 Economy Egyptian Chinese vocational training centre in SCZone April 8, 2024 Economy 175m-euro French glass factory in SCZone in Sokhna April 8, 2024 Art Art In pictures: Sculptures from 28th Aswan Symposium April 1, 2024 Art Iconographer Samira Lamei (1960 – 2024) passes away March 20, 2024 Art Honouring women: Long live Love March 6, 2024 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...