''Al-Watan'' (in

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الوطن meaning ''The Homeland'') was a

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

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daily published by the Al Watan publishing house. The

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was Khalifa Al Ali Al Sabah, a member of the Kuwaiti ruling family,

Al Sabah The House of Sabah ( ar, آل صباح ''Āl Ṣubāḥ'') is the ruling family of Kuwait. History Origin The Al Sabah family originate from the Bani Utbah confederation. Prior to settling in Kuwait, the Al Sabah family were expelled from Umm ...

. The paper was in circulation between 1974 and 2015.

History and profile

The paper was launched in 1974. ''Al Watan'' was suspended by the

Kuwaiti government Kuwait is an emirate with a political system consisting of an appointed judiciary, appointed government (dominated by the Al Sabah ruling family), and nominally elected parliament. Executive branch The Constitution of Kuwait was approved and p ...

on 30 August 1976. In April 2014, the paper and '' Alam Al Youm'' were temporarily closed down for two weeks by the Kuwaiti government due to the publication of a videotape showing former senior officials plotting a coup in Kuwait. In June 2014, both papers were shut down for five days because of the same reason. In January 2015, the Kuwaiti government shut down ''Al Watan'' basen on the grounds that the newspaper had violated the license law, since it had less than enough capital to maintain a license.

Circulation

''Al Watan'' sold 86,000 copies in 2001 making it the second best selling newspaper in the country. The 2006 circulation of the paper was 100,000 copies. The paper's online version was the second most visited website for 2010 in the

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watan 1974 establishments in Kuwait 2015 disestablishments in Kuwait Arabic-language newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Kuwait Publications established in 1974 Publications disestablished in 2015