Al-Watan (Arabic: الوطن meaning The Homeland) is a daily morning Arabic language political newspaper based in Doha, Qatar.
[2] Al-Watan was founded in 1995[3] and was the first newspaper to be launched in Qatar after the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, abolished press censorship.
[4] Its parent company is Dar Al Watan Printing, Publishing and Distribution Company WLL.
With the publication of the daily the other leading Qatari Arabic paper Al Raya lost its one-third of its circulation.
[3] The former foreign minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, owns half of the newspaper.