Al-Watan

Al-watan (Arabic: الوطن), meaning homeland, heimat, 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), as opposed to Qawmiyya, ethnic-based Arab nationalism

• Al-Watani Party, a former Egyptian party
• Al-Watani Party, a former Iraqi 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, an Afghan political party

Anthems

• "Ardulfurataini Watan", the former national anthem of Iraq
• "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo", a 1963 Indian patriotic song written in Hindi
• "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 Arabic-language newspapers:

• Alwatan, Oman
• Al-Watan (Bahrain), an Arabic daily newspaper published in Bahrain
• Al-Watan (Jordan)
• Al-Watan (Kuwait), a Kuwaiti Arabic-language defunct daily published by the Al Watan publishing house
• Al-Watan Daily, a daily English-language newspaper published in Kuwait
• 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 (Sudan), a suspended publication in Sudan
• Al-Watan (Syria), a Syrian Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Syria
• Al-Watwan (Comoros), a Comorian French-language and Comorian Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Moroni, Comoros
• El Watan, an Algerian newspaper
• Nawai Watan, a Balochi newspaper in Pakistan
• Vatan, a Turkish newspaper

Places

• Al-Watan, San‘a’, 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 highest national order of Turkmenistan
• Watan TV, a Pashto-language television station based in Kabul, Afghanistan
• Watan, a historical land allotment in India owned by a Watandar