Al-watan (Arabic: الوطن), meaning homeland, heimat, country, or nation, may refer to: Al-Watan means 'national' in Arabic and in Persian (وطن), the articles titles on Wikipedia for political parties are sometimes translated as 'national', sometimes as 'al-watan', 'al-watani' or 'watani'.
Wataniyya may also refer to State-based ('patriotic') nationalism (see Egyptian nationalism), as opposed to Qawmiyya, ethnic-based Arab nationalism It is commonly used as the name of Arabic-language newspapers, as well as newspapers in other languages that have borrowed the word: