Algeria
Traditional
Mariem Hassan sings music from the Western Sahara. The Saharawis are a group of people living in exile on Algerian lands. The women singer who is Saharawis sings of the the pillars of refugee camps. They articulate the social life, raise the children, humanize thier living conditions until they are able to elevate their comunity beyond mere survival during the years of their exile. She has become a voice of hope.