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Mariem Hassan

Mariem Hassan has been played on NTS shows including Black Impulse, with Legneiba first played on 16 April 2016.

Mariem Hassan (Arabic: مريم حسن‎‎; 31 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.

Mariem Hassan was born 31 May 1958 in the Ued Tazua, 20 km. away from Smara, Spanish Sahara. She was the third of ten siblings in a nomadic…

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Arrabi Al Arabe
Mariem Hassan
Nubenegra2012
Arrabi Al Arabe
Mariem HassanNubenegra2012
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Tefla Madlouma
Mariem Hassan
World Music Network2011
Tefla Madlouma
Mariem HassanWorld Music Network2011
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Legneiba
Mariem Hassan
Music Rough Guides2015
Legneiba
Mariem HassanMusic Rough Guides2015
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