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History and circulation

''Al-Watan'' was founded in 1995 and was the first newspaper to be launched in Qatar after the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, abolished

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. 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 ''

'' lost its one-third of its circulation. The 2008 circulation of the daily was 15,000. In 2020 the website Industry Arabic named ''Al-Watan'' as the fourth influential Arabic newspaper.

Ownership

The former foreign minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, owns half of the newspaper.

References

External links

Al Watan ePaper

Al-Watan (Qatar)
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