Mariem Hassan

Mariem Hassan مريم منت الحسان
Mariem Hassan in 2008
Background information
Also known as	Voice of the Sahara
Born	May 1958 Uad Tazua, Spanish Sahara
Died	22 August 2015(2015-08-22) (aged 57) Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria
Genres	Blues music, folk music, roots music
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, percussion
Years active	1976–2015
Labels	Nubenegra
Website	web.archive.org/web/20170911134618/http://mariemhassan.com/

Mariem Hassan (Arabic: مريم الحسان; May 1958 – 22 August 2015) was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist. She usually sang in Hassaniya, an Arabic variant spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, occassionaly singing in Saharan Spanish.