Person
Mariem Hassan
Sound · 1958–2015 · Uad Tazura, Smara, Western Sahara
Biography
Mariem Hassan was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist. She usually sang in Hassaniya, an Arabic variant spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, occasionally singing in Saharan Spanish.
Known for
Wait, Fati!
Music
Tebraa, portraits of Sahrawi women
Music
Mariem
Self
The Cubarawi women
Music
Battalion to My Beat
Music
Mektub
Music
Sahrawis, the eyes of the desert
Music
Un viaje hacia nosotros
Music
The door of the Sahara
Music
La Güera, my forgotten land
Music
Filmography
- 2024HAIYU: Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western SaharaSelf
- 2023MariemSelf
- 2021Un viaje hacia nosotrosMusic
- 2020Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last ColonyMusic
- 2020Sanmao: The Desert BrideOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Three tea glassesMusic
- 20173 Stolen CamerasOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Battalion to My BeatMusic
- 2016Tell them I existMusic
- 2015La Güera, my forgotten landMusic
- 2015Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western SaharaMusic
- 2014My Sahrawi familyMusic
- 2013Cast in sand: Najla and AgailaMusic
- 2012Sons of the Clouds: The Last ColonyMusic
- 2012Letter to SashaMusic
- 2011Gdeim Izik, the Sahrawi's resistance campMusic
- 2011Robbed of TruthMusic
- 2010Children in exile: Sahrawi, refugees children of refugeesMusic
- 2010MektubMusic
- 2010Hammada, the desert's pulseMusic
- 2008Wait, Fati!Music
- 2007Sahara is not for saleMusic
- 2007Tebraa, portraits of Sahrawi womenMusic
- 2007Children of the cloudsMusic
- 2007Sahrawis, the eyes of the desertMusic
- 2006The door of the SaharaMusic
- 2006Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to DajlaMusic
- 2005The Cubarawi womenMusic
- 1999Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and WestOriginal Music Composer
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