An image from Sanmao: The Desert Bride, one of the productions that also features Mariem Hassan.
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Mariem Hassan
May 1, 1958 — 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.