Watan_(newspaper)

<i>Watan</i> (newspaper)

Watan (newspaper)

Arab-American 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]

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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]

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    "اضحك مع الموقع القطري الإخواني'"وطن يغرد خارج السرب'". 24.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
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