Watan (newspaper)

Watan News
Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner	Watan News LLC
Founder	Nezam Mahdawi
Founded	March 1991; 35 years ago
Headquarters	Washington
Country	United states
Website	watanserb.com

Watan (Arabic: وطن يغرد خارج السرب, lit. 'A homeland that sings outside the flock') is a weekly Arab-American newspaper published by Watan News LLC. It was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1990 by journalist Nezam Mahdawi. In 1993, the newspaper moved its headquarters to Los Angeles, California.

Watan News started as a monthly newspaper, then became a weekly printed newspaper. It launched its news website in 1996.

History

Watan was originally launched as a monthly print publication in Washington in 1991 by Nazem Mahdawi. It shifted its headquarter to California in 1996.

Watan newspaper was started as a monthly, then every two weeks, and then weekly.

References

↑ "United Arab Emirates Wants al-Watan, Arab-American Newspaper with Anaheim Office, Shut Down". O.C. Weekly. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ Jones, Rory (August 14, 2013). "U.A.E. Attempts to Censor News Website in the U.S." The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "Author doesn't want articles on Saudis reprinted". Baltimore Sun. November 30, 1993. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "U.A.E. targets Arab-American news site". IFEX. August 13, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "United Arab Emirates - Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship". news.trust.org. Reuters. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "UAE Authorities in Transnational Attempt to Shutdown News Website". ECHR. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "Digital Citizen 1.1 المواطن الرقمي". Global Voices Advox. September 16, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "Egyptian journalist held incommunicado in U.A.E. while netizens arrested, websites banned". IFEX. August 2, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "UAE targets Arab-American news site". Index on Censorship. August 13, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "Canada's welcoming refugee response praised in Arab media". CBC News. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Freedom in the World 2014 - United Arab Emirates". Refworld. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "اضحك مع الموقع القطري الإخواني'"وطن يغرد خارج السرب'". 24.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "2013 Archive". Electronic Frontier Foundation. November 4, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ الشرق, جريدة (November 14, 2018). "سعودي يدعو لإسرائيل بالسداد في قصف حماس". جريدة الشرق (in Arabic). Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "شاهد امرأة تعتمر بلباس إحرام الرجال المكشوفة وتثير غضب السعوديين" (in Arabic). www.assawsana.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship | Reporters without borders". RSF. August 2, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
↑ "Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship". rsf. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
↑ "Rien ne va plus en Arabie saoudite". cpa.hypotheses.org. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
↑ House, Freedom (August 22, 2014). "Freedom in the World 2014 - United Arab Emirates". refworld. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
↑ "A fictional amount from Turki Al-Sheikh to Van Damme for his participation in "Ramez Movie Star"". The National Era. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

External links

Official site

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[1] "United Arab Emirates Wants al-Watan, Arab-American Newspaper with Anaheim Office, Shut Down". O.C. Weekly. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] Jones, Rory (August 14, 2013). "U.A.E. Attempts to Censor News Website in the U.S." The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[3] "Author doesn't want articles on Saudis reprinted". Baltimore Sun. November 30, 1993. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[4] "U.A.E. targets Arab-American news site". IFEX. August 13, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[5] "United Arab Emirates - Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship". news.trust.org. Reuters. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[6] "UAE Authorities in Transnational Attempt to Shutdown News Website". ECHR. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[7] "Digital Citizen 1.1 المواطن الرقمي". Global Voices Advox. September 16, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[8] "Egyptian journalist held incommunicado in U.A.E. while netizens arrested, websites banned". IFEX. August 2, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[9] "UAE targets Arab-American news site". Index on Censorship. August 13, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[10] "Canada's welcoming refugee response praised in Arab media". CBC News. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[11] Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Freedom in the World 2014 - United Arab Emirates". Refworld. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[12] "اضحك مع الموقع القطري الإخواني'"وطن يغرد خارج السرب'". 24.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[13] "2013 Archive". Electronic Frontier Foundation. November 4, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[14] الشرق, جريدة (November 14, 2018). "سعودي يدعو لإسرائيل بالسداد في قصف حماس". جريدة الشرق (in Arabic). Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[15] "شاهد امرأة تعتمر بلباس إحرام الرجال المكشوفة وتثير غضب السعوديين" (in Arabic). www.assawsana.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[16] "Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship | Reporters without borders". RSF. August 2, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[17] "Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship". rsf. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

[18] "Rien ne va plus en Arabie saoudite". cpa.hypotheses.org. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

[19] House, Freedom (August 22, 2014). "Freedom in the World 2014 - United Arab Emirates". refworld. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

[20] "A fictional amount from Turki Al-Sheikh to Van Damme for his participation in "Ramez Movie Star"". The National Era. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.