Mariem Hassan

Mariem Hassan مريم منت الحسان
Mariem Hassan in 2008
Background information
Also known as	Voice of the Sahara
Born	May 1958 Ued Tazua, Spanish Sahara
Died	22 August 2015(2015-08-22) (aged 57) Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf province, 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 حسان‎; May 1958 – 22 August 2015) was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist from Western Sahara. She usually sang in Hassaniyya, an Arabic dialect spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, and occasionally in Spanish. Her use of the Spanish language was related to the former status of Western Sahara as a Spanish colony.