{{Other uses of|Al-Watan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Al Watan Daily | logo = | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = | owners = | founder = | publisher = | editor = | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | seniorstaff = | staff_writers = | founded = 3 March 2008 | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = January 2013 | relaunched = | headquarters = Kuwait City | circulation = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | oclc = | website = }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Al Watan Daily|url=http://issuu.com/alwatandaily|work=Issuu|accessdate=18 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Al-Watan Daily English has started|url=http://www.chillnite.com/3413/2008/03/al-watan-daily-english-has-started-issue-no-01/|accessdate=7 October 2014|work=Chillnite|date=3 March 2008}}</ref> The paper was established and was printed by the Dar Al-Watan publishing house, which also publishes the Arabic language daily newspaper ''Al Watan''. In 2006 Dar Al Watan had published the English language daily "The Daily Star – Kuwait edition" in cooperation with ''The Daily Star''.<ref>[http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/media-landscape/media-landscape-7 Media landscape] Menassat, [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dailystar.alwatan.com.kw/* ''Al Watan''] Web Archive</ref>
On 8 November 2009 ''Al-Watan Daily'' launched its Journalism and Media Club (JAM), which was aimed at introducing youth to the process of coordinating and publishing a newspaper. 16 students from local Kuwaiti schools were selected to participate in the initial five-week program, which concluded with the publication of the first JAM issue on 13 December 2009.<ref name="JAM">[http://jam.alwatandaily.com/wp/?p=1 Students JAM with Al Watan Daily] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818194455/http://jam.alwatandaily.com/wp/?p=1 |date=18 August 2011 }}</ref>
In January 2013 ''Al-Watan Daily'' announced that it "will temporary be off the market for approx. three months due to business development and restructuring".<ref>[https://twitter.com/AlWatanDaily AlWatanDaily] at Twitter: [https://twitter.com/AlWatanDaily/status/291492089634623489 Beginning tomorrow, Al Watan Daily will temporary be off the market for approx. three months due to business development and restructuring.] 16 January 2013</ref>
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