Stability takes root

Given that has in 2021 marked 20 years in print— our f irst issue was printed on 18 February 2001— we promised our readers to regularly publish reviews of our issues during those 20 years. The reviews read like history in real time. We already reviewed the i ssues from 2001 to 2017; today we keep good on our promise by covering the three last years under review: 2018, 2019, and 2020. A journey through Watani International issues during those years reveals stories on a stable Egypt where political and economic activity goes ahead in an upbeat manner despite the coronavirus pandemic that hit in February 2020, a Coptic Church actively working through hard times, a marked decrease in attacks against Copts even though sectarianism persists as i s obvious in cases of blasphemy and missing Coptic women, a plethora of feature stories on significant events and, naturally, obituaries on f i gures who passed away.