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Al-Watan (Kuwait)

Daily newspaper in Kuwait (1974–2015)

Field	Value
name	Al Watan
type	Daily newspaper
publisher	Al Watan publishing house
chief_editor	Khalifa Al Ali Al Sabah
associate_editor	Waleed Al Jasem
founded	17 January 1974
language	Arabic
ceased_publication	January 2015
headquarters	Shuwaikh, Kuwait City
website	[Al Watan](http://alwatan.com.kw)

Al-Watan (in Arabic الوطن meaning The Homeland) was a Kuwaiti Arabic language daily published by the Al Watan publishing house. The editor in chief was Khalifa Al Ali Al Sabah, a member of the Kuwaiti ruling family, Al Sabah. The paper was in circulation between 1974 and 2015.

History and profile

The paper was launched in 1974.{{cite book|editor1=Barrie Gunter |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4DFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA26|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4411-0239-3|page=26|location=New York|chapter=Evolving News Systems in the Gulf Countries|author1=Khaled Al Jaber |author2=Barrie Gunter}} Al Watan was suspended by the Kuwaiti government on 30 August 1976.{{cite journal|title=Chronology August 16, 1976-November 15, 1976|journal=Middle East Journal|date=Winter 1977|volume=31

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.{{cite news|title=Kuwait shuts Al-Watan newspaper|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/16446-kuwait-shuts-al-watan-newspaper |access-date=31 May 2015|work=Middle East Monitor|date=20 January 2015}}

Circulation

Al Watan sold 86,000 copies in 2001 making it the second best selling newspaper in the country.{{cite web |access-date=8 February 2015|location=Paris|date=2004}} The 2006 circulation of the paper was 100,000 copies.{{cite web|work=Publicitas|access-date=8 June 2012|url-status=dead

The paper's online version was the second most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.{{cite news

References

(10 June 2014). "Kuwait orders temporary closure of newspapers over defiance of gag order". Middle East Eye.
"Kuwait Press". Press Reference.
(20 April 2014). "Kuwait shuts down newspapers after coup tape controversy". Your Middle East.
(20 April 2014). "Kuwait papers closed for violating 'plot' blackout". BBC.

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