Prominent Columnists
Al Watan's editor-in-chief, Jamal Khashoggi, was very influential journalist who worked in the newspaper until May 2010. Additionally, it hosts relatively liberal columnists such as Turki Al Dakhil, Amira Kash'ari and Mahmoud Sabaagh. Current editor-in-chief of the paper is Talal al Sheik who is also a member in board of directors of Saudi Journalists Association (SJA). Mahmoud Trawri, a former literary editor of Al Watan, won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity for his first novel Maimouna in 2001. The novel is about the role of local merchant in slave trade and the racism experienced by the North African people in Saudi Arabia. However, his book was banned in the Kingdom.
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