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The author comments on a forum "Bolstering National Unity" that preached strengthening national unity in Egypt and healing the effects of sectarian sedition. He refers to speakers Yousuf Sidhum and Samir Marqus. - See art. 9: Where does the cleric's role start and end?
Muhammad Emara writes with strong language, without bringing in nuances. Western readers need to be careful with Christian persecution stories from Egypt. Need to be precise in reporting as necessity for intercultural understanding
A new class A few days ago, Watani’s Centre of Journalistic Formation and Human Resources Development celebrated the graduation of its second class. When the first class graduated two years ago, Watani provided Egyptian society and its journalism community with a group of confident and ardent young...
The scenes of massive Coptic outrage expressed in Cairo last December in reaction to the questionable conversion to Islam by Wafaa’ Qostatin [Wafā’ Costantine]- priest’s wife- and again last month in Fayoum [al-Fayyoum] to protest the dubious conversion of two medical students, require the utmost...
Following are the details for the story of the Holy Virgin’s church, awaited so eagerly by some 750 families – about 3500 individuals in the old and new towns of Burg al – Arab [Burj al-cArab] and some 40 villages in the vicinity. The projected church was effectively dropped after 16 years of...
Watani editor-in-chief Youssef Sidhum’s articles based on complaints from involved churches or Christians. Examples are stories on problems in church building in Burj al-Arab and Alamayn. Interesting Egyptian critique on the way some of their media function.
The sectarian incidents which last December exploded in Assiut [Asyout], and later in Beheira [al-Buhayra], drew our attention to the manner in which the Egyptian media had handled the issue. In the majority of cases, press coverage of the incidents was unreasonable, irrational, and bordering on...
A symposium organized by Watanī newspaper, at the Qinā governorate city of Najc Hammādī, called for the reinforcement to the core of citizenship by encouraging co-existence, creation of common shared activities that would serve to bring together all Egyptians and requiring youth to practice their...
The Watanī Salon has invited a group of intellectuals and public activists to talk about a recent initiative called the Egyptian council for citizenship rights. Yousuf Sīdhum, the Editor-in-Chief of the Watanī newspaper, the mouthpiece of Egypt’s Copts was the first to suggest this idea.
Earlier this month, as Egypt’s police celebrated their day, President Hosni Mubarak honored 103 policemen and officers for distinguished performance on duty. Only one – who had lost his life in action – was Copt, meaning that Copts measured 0.97 per cent of the honorees.

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