Sahrawis - Wikipedia
The Sahrawis, or Sahrawi people (Arabic: صحراويون ṣaḥrāwīyūn), are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Sahara desert, which includes the Western Sahara, southern Morocco, much of Mauritania, and along the southwestern border of Algeria.
Sahrawi People - Atlas Of Humanity
Sahrawi people are of Arabian, Beni Hassan descent, who fused with the dominant Sanhaja Berber tribes, as well as Black African and other indigenous populations. Even though cultural arabization of the Berber people was thorough, some elements of Berber identity remain.
Sahrawi people – UjamaaLive
Jan 9, 2019 · The Sahrawi, or Saharawi people, are the people living in the western part of the Sahara desert which includes Western Sahara (claimed by the Polisario and mostly controlled by Morocco), other parts of southern Morocco not claimed by the Polisario, most of Mauritania and the extreme southwest of Algeria.
Saharawis in Western Sahara - Minority Rights Group
Saharawis are of mixed Berber, Arab and black African descent. They inhabit the harsh desert region stretching from southern Morocco to the valleys of the Niger and Senegal and traditionally lived a nomadic life as traders. The assembly (djemaa) established its own body of law, the A’arf, to complement the basic Islamic judicial code, sharia.
Sahrawi - Wikipedia
Sahrawi or Saharawi (also transliterated into Spanish as Saharaui or French as Sahraoui), is an Arabic term meaning 'from the Sahara', or more specifically the Western Sahara. It can also mean 'from the desert' in general.
12 Things You Didn’t Know About The Sahrawi People Of
Apr 25, 2015 · The Sahrawi people are of Arab and Berber descent, and were influenced by the invasion of the Beni Hassan Arab Bedouin tribes, who merged with the indigenous populations that included black Africans and the dominant Sanhaja Berber tribes.
Sahrawi | people | Britannica
…Sahara’s indigenous inhabitants, the nomadic Sahrawis, sprang up in the early 1970s, calling itself the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Polisario Front). The insurgency led Spain to declare in 1975 that it would withdraw from the area. Faced with consistent pressure from Morocco…
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - Wikipedia
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, [e] also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara, is a partially recognized state, located in the western Maghreb, which claims the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara, but controls only the easternmost one-fifth of that territory.It is recognized by 44 UN member states and South Ossetia.Between 1884 and 1975, Western …
The Saharawi people and the Western Sahara - SaharaMarathon
Now, the Saharawi people are divided: one part lives in the territory occupied by the Moroccans (to the west of the wall), the other in exile, especially in the Algerian refugee camps. In the territory freed from the Polisario Front (to the east of the wall), nobody lives except for some nomads.
Western Sahara profile - BBC News
Oct 28, 2024 · Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been the...