Watan (newspaper)

Watan (Arabic: صحيفة وطن يغرد خارج السرب) is a weekly Arab-American newspaper^[1][2][3] published by Watan News LLC.^[4] It was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1990 by journalist Nezam Mahdawi.^[5][6][7][8] In 1993, the newspaper moved its headquarters to Los Angeles, California.^[9][10][11]

Watan News

Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	Watan News LLC
Founder(s)	Nezam Mahdawi
Founded	March 1991; 33 years ago (1991-03)
Headquarters	Washington
Country	United states
Website	watanserb.com

Watan News started as a monthly newspaper, then became a weekly printed newspaper.^{[12][13][14][15]} It launched its news website in 1996.^[16]

History

Watan was originally launched as a monthly print publication in Washington in 1991 by Nazem Mahdawi.^[17] It shifted its headquarter to California in 1996.^[18]

Watan newspaper was started as a monthly, then every two weeks, and then weekly.^[19][20]

References

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8. "Egyptian journalist held incommunicado in U.A.E. while netizens arrested, websites banned". IFEX. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
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10. "Canada's welcoming refugee response praised in Arab media". CBC News. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
11. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Freedom in the World 2014 - United Arab Emirates". Refworld. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
12. "اضحك مع الموقع القطري الإخواني'"وطن يغرد خارج السرب'". 24.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
13. "2013 Archive". Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
14. الشرق, جريدة (2018-11-14). "سعودي يدعو لإسرائيل بالسداد في قصف حماس". جريدة الشرق (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
15. "شاهد امرأة تعتمر بلباس إحرام الرجال المكشوفة وتثير غضب السعوديين" (in Arabic). www.assawsana.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
16. "Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship | Reporters without borders". RSF. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
17. "Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship". rsf. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
18. "Rien ne va plus en Arabie saoudite". cpa.hypotheses.org. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
19. House, Freedom (22 August 2014). "Freedom in the World 2014 - United Arab Emirates". refworld. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
20. "A fictional amount from Turki Al-Sheikh to Van Damme for his participation in "Ramez Movie Star"". The National Era. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

External links

• Official site