Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Youssef Sidhom discuses an example of religious discrimination through the prism of student and staff numbers at Assiut University, where even though 28 percent of the student population is Christian, only 0.75 percent of the teaching staff is Christian. This, according to Sidhom, stems from a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 2010
This article from Watani contains a letter to the editor from an Imām from Tahta, who criticizes Sidhom of purposefully stirring sectarian tension by alleging that the Imām preaches against Christianity. The article includes the latest letter from the Imām, stating his disgust with Sidhom and...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Yusuf Sidhum summarises the information included in his previous four articles about the discrimination practised against Copts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. Sidhum uses the backdrop of his recent articles to highlight the crucial need for the unified law for houses of worship to be...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article discusses the life of Adli Abadir, a famous businessman and Copt in Egypt and Europe, who died in 2010. He was a close friend to Youssef Sidhom and this article is his remembrance of his dear friend and colleague. .
Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
An editorial by Youssef Sidhom that praises the NCHR report recommendations for allowing the Naga Hammadi incidents to force the government rethink how it will deal with sectarian problems in Egypt. Sidhom criticizes those voices who simply ignore the problem and gloss over discrimination against...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Following the tragic incidents of Naj‘ Hammādī, an angry Youssef Sidhom asks “Where is President Mubarak?” Focussing on the report to the president by the NCHR, Sidhom asks the regime to intervene to protect Copts from future attacks and to apply the law without discrimination so that justice is...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Watani International reporter Nader Shukry heads to Naj‘ Hammādī and gets caught up in the rioting which followed the shooting of six Copts. Shukry includes the change in the tone of Bishop Kyrillos statements which followed the visit to the bisphoric by Qena governor Magdi Ayyub, and also suggests...
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 2010
Watani Editor-in-Chief Youssef Sidhom write on Naj‘ Hammādī: The crime which took place in Nag Hammadi last Wednesday on the eve of Coptic Christmas, can be seen in no light other than being a gross, criminal terrorist act. The Copts were targeted as they left church following Midnight Mass; five...
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This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and th
Date of source: Sunday, September 6, 2009
Yūsuf Sidhum continues his series of articles about the church’s attitude toward publicity and the media. The author believes that it is vital for the church to have an efficient tool to communicate with the media and claims that the establishment of a church media office is long overdue.