Mariem Hassan
Sound·May 1, 1958·† August 22, 2015 — 57 years old·Uad Tazura, Smara, Western Sahara
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
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
2012·6.5
Battalion to My Beat
2016·5.6
Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara
2015·7.0
Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West
1999·3.3
Sanmao: The Desert Bride
2020·7.5
Mariem
2023·1.0
My Sahrawi family
2014·10.0
The Cubarawi women
2005·7.0
Filmography · 29
2024HAIYU: Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western SaharaSelf2023MariemSelf2021Un viaje hacia nosotrosMusic2020Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last ColonyMusic2020Sanmao: The Desert BrideOriginal Music Composer2018Three tea glassesMusic20173 Stolen CamerasOriginal Music Composer2016Battalion to My BeatMusic2016Tell them I existMusic2015La Güera, my forgotten landMusic2015Life is waiting: referendum and resistance in Western SaharaMusic2014My Sahrawi familyMusic2013Cast in sand: Najla and AgailaMusic2012Sons of the Clouds: The Last ColonyMusic2012Letter to SashaMusic2011Gdeim Izik, the Sahrawi's resistance campMusic2011Robbed of TruthMusic2010Children in exile: Sahrawi, refugees children of refugeesMusic2010MektubMusic2010Hammada, the desert's pulseMusic2008Wait, Fati!Music2007Sahara is not for saleMusic2007Tebraa, portraits of Sahrawi womenMusic2007Children of the cloudsMusic2007Sahrawis, the eyes of the desertMusic2006The door of the SaharaMusic2006Sahara Project: From Sant Coloma to DajlaMusic2005The Cubarawi womenMusic1999Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and WestOriginal Music Composer · Vocals