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Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: وطن) or Al-Watan with the definite article al- (

: الوطن), 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

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. *

Watani Party The National Party (, ''al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī'') was a nationalist political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to h ...

or Al-Watani Party, a former Egyptian party *

Homeland Party (Libya) The Homeland Party or Libyan National Party (also styled ''Alwattan Party'', ' or ') is a conservative Islamist political party in Libya, founded in November 2011, after the Libyan Civil War and the overthrow of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. I ...

, or Al-Watan Party, a Libyan party *

National Party (Syria) The National Party ( ''al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī''; ) was a Syrian political party founded in 1947, eventually dissolving in 1963, after the Syrian Ba'ath Party established one-party rule in Syria in a coup d'état. It grew out of the National Blo ...

, or Al-Watani Party, a former Syrian party * Al-Watan Party (Tunisia), or Al-Watan Party, a centrist party in Tunisia * Otan (political party), a Kazakh political party * Watan Party of Afghanistan, an Afghan political party * Vatan Party, a former Iranian party *

Patriotic Party (Turkey) 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, Turk ...

, a Turkish political party

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'' (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), a Syrian 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 Balochi 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 *

Qasr Al Watan Qaṣr Al-Waṭan () is the presidential palace of the United Arab Emirates, located in Abu Dhabi. The palace stands as a symbol of governance, functioning as a venue for political meetings, both diplomatic state visit, state receptions and Cabin ...

, the United Arab Emirates

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and seat of government.

Other uses

* ''Watan'' (film), a 1938 Indian film * Watan (name), a Formosan given name * 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 highest national order of Turkmenistan * ''Watan'', a historical land allotment in India owned by a Watandar * Ardulfurataini (national anthem), national anthem of Iraq from 1981 to 2003