Mariem Hassan

Mariem Hassan

Known for

Sound

Life

1958 – 2015 (aged 57)

Born in

Uad Tazura, Smara, Western Sahara

Biography

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.