Al-watan (), meaning homeland,

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, country, or nation, may refer to:

Politics

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 Egyptian nationalism is based on Egyptians and Egyptian culture. Egyptian nationalism has typically been a civic nationalism that has emphasized the unity of Egyptians regardless of their ethnicity or religion. Egyptian nationalism first manife ...

), as opposed to ''Qawmiyya'', ethnic-based

Arab nationalism Arab nationalism () is a political ideology asserting that Arabs constitute a single nation. As a traditional nationalist ideology, it promotes Arab culture and civilization, celebrates Arab history, the Arabic language and Arabic literatur ...

* Al-Watani Party, a former Egyptian party * Al-Watan Party, a Libyan party * Al-Watani Party, a former Syrian party * Al-Watan Party, a centrist party in Tunisia *

Watan Party of Afghanistan The Watan Party of Afghanistan () is a social democratic political party in Afghanistan. The party describes itself as "national and democratic, progressive and reformist". History The party was founded in exile during the time of the Taliban ...

, an Afghan political party * Vatan Party, a former Iranian party *

Vatan Partisi The Patriotic Party (, VP) is a political party in Turkey. The Patriotic Party describes itself as a "vanguard party" and its chairman, Doğu Perinçek, described the party in 2015 as a bringing together of socialists, revolutionaries, Turkis ...

, a Turkish party

Songs

*" Ardulfurataini Watan", the former national anthem of Iraq *" Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan", the national anthem of Sudan *" Rasamna Ala Al-Qalb Wajh Al-Watan", the Army anthem of Egypt *" Al Watan Al Akbar", a Pan Arabist nationalist song was composed to celebrate the union of Egypt and Syria into the United Arab Republic

Publications

It is commonly used as the name of

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newspapers, as well as newspapers in other languages that have borrowed the word: * ''Al-Watan'' (Bahrain), an Arabic daily newspaper published in Bahrain * Watan News, online Jordanian news agency * ''Al-Watan'' (Kuwait), a Kuwaiti Arabic-language defunct daily published by the Al Watan publishing house * ''

Al-Watan Daily Al Watan Daily was a daily English-language newspaper published in Kuwait. History and profile The first issue of ''Al-Watan Daily'' was published on 3 March 2008. The paper was established and was printed by the Dar Al-Watan publishing house, w ...

'', a daily English-language newspaper published in Kuwait * ''Alwatan'' (Oman), an Arabic daily newspaper published in Oman * ''Al Watan'' (Palestine), a Hamas-owned newspaper shut down by

Palestinian Authority The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, ...

in 1996 * ''Al-Watan'' (Qatar), a daily morning Arabic-language political newspaper based in Doha, Qatar * ''Al-Watan'' (Saudi Arabia), a daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia * ''Al-Watan'' (Syria), an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Syria *

Al-Watwan ''Al-Watwan'' () is a Comorian daily newspaper published in French and Arabic, headquartered in Moroni, Comoros Moroni (; ) is the largest city, national Capital (political), capital, and seat of the government of the Union of the Comoros ...

(Comoros), a Comorian French-language and Comorian Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Moroni, Comoros * ''

El Watan (Arabic language, Arabic: الوطن, "The Homeland") is an independent French-language newspaper in Algeria. History and profile The paper was founded in 1990 after Omar Belhouchet and nineteen colleagues left the National Liberation Front ( ...

'', an Algerian newspaper * ''

Nawai Watan ''Nawai Watan'' ( Balochi: روتاک نوائے وطن) is a Balochi-language newspaper published in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is mainly distributed in Quetta with a limited circulation. See also * List of newspapers in Pakistan Th ...

'', a

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newspaper in Pakistan * ''Vatan'' (1923 newspaper), Turkish newspaper published 1923–1925, and 1940–1978 * ''Vatan'' (2002 newspaper), Turkish newspaper published 2002–2018

Places

Al-Watan, San‘a’ Sanaa ( '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate of Amanat Al-Asema ...

, a village in western central Yemen

Other uses

* ''Watan'' (film), a 1938 Indian film * Watan Group, a telecommunications and security company in Afghanistan * Pader Watan, a military unit in the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan *

Watan Order The is the highest national order of Turkmenistan. It can only be awarded to the current president, and only once in the president's tenure, for "outstanding achievements in domestic and foreign policies." The order was created for Gurbanguly Berd ...

, the highest national order of Turkmenistan *''Watan'', a historical land allotment in India owned by a Watandar *

Ardulfurataini "Arḍu l-Furātayni" (), also known as the "Land of The Two Rivers", "Ardulfurataini Watan" or "Ardulfurataini", was the national anthem of Iraq from 1981 to 2003, during the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein. History It was adopted in 19 ...

, national anthem of Iraq from 1981 to 2003 {{disambiguation ar:الوطن