{"id":53,"date":"2022-11-18T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:54:19","slug":"featured-poets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/featured-poets\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Poets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53\" class=\"elementor elementor-53\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3266532 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3266532\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-400fb58\" data-id=\"400fb58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-367c9e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"367c9e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Featured Poets<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6a5a65 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6a5a65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a370425\" data-id=\"a370425\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d027ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d027ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image by Bartek Sabela<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f97762d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f97762d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-019f9a1\" data-id=\"019f9a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401be97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"401be97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poets, their work and their biographies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8d311 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cd8d311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401c08d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"401c08d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The recordings that feature below were made between November 2022 and February 2023. Those carried out in Spain were made by Joanna Allan (Northumbria University). Those carried out in Mauritania were made together by Hamza Lakhal and Joanna Allan.&nbsp; Those carried out in Algeria&nbsp; were made together by Joanna Allan and Moiti Mohamed Azrouk. The recordings were made with the generous support of the AHRC and the British Library, and are held as a Special Collection in the British Library&#8217;s sound archive. They will also soon feature in the Saharawi Republic&#8217;s&nbsp; new oral history archive. Translations into English of all poems will be available in the coming months.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-36cbc10 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36cbc10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2a5dc\" data-id=\"cd2a5dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ff655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99ff655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bashir Ali Abd-el-Rahman<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea6223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ea6223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bashir-Ali.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1243\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bashir-Ali.jpg 765w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bashir-Ali-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6c1c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6c1c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bashir Ali Abd-el-Rahman is known by Saharawis as &#8216;The Poet of the Revolution,&#8221; due to the anti-colonial poems he performed following the 1970 Zemla Uprising of Saharawis against Spanish occupation and his ongoing politically-committed work.\u00a0 He was born in 1947 in the mountains of Lefreirina. As a boy, when a poet visited his family&#8217;s camp, he would hide behind the tent in order to listen to the recitals, and memorise their verses. Bashir Ali regularly performs at national events.\u00a0<\/p><p>Listen to Bashir Ali <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599079.wav\">recite some poetry<\/a> and talk about his life and work (<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">in Hassaniya, recorded 24 February 2023, Smara camp, Saharawi state-in-exile) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bashir-Ali-life-history-and-poetry-translations-for-website.docx\">read the transcript in English<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f18723f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f18723f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zaim Allal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd1e419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd1e419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Zaim-Allal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1144\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Zaim-Allal.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Zaim-Allal-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Zaim-Allal-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc422e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fc422e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zaim Allal is one of Western Sahara&#8217;s legendary national poets. He was born in 1957 in Hawza village, Western Sahara (&#8216;Spanish Sahara&#8217; at that time), into a family of nomad-poets and he learnt his craft from his father. Allal joined the POLISARIO Front in 1975, when he moved to the camps in Algeria, and became a soldier. Today, he is Director of Musical Arts and Popular Traditions in the Saharawi Ministry of Culture.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Listen to Zaim reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599051.wav\">The Carrier Raven<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 22 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Zaim reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599052.wav\">Nostalgia<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 22 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Zaim reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599054.wav\">Elegy<\/a> \u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 22 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Zaim discussing a <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599056.wav\">poetic technique<\/a> he uses in his poem &#8216;Nostalgia&#8217; (in Hassaniya, recorded 22 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).\u00a0<\/li><li>Listen to Zaim briefly discussing his <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599055.wav\">biography and works<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 22 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Zaim-Allal-life-history.docx\">read the transcript in English.<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b79866c elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b79866c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-36e6a4a\" data-id=\"36e6a4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd1123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9dd1123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamza Lakhal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4ad16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f4ad16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hamza2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-273\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe03c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfe03c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Image by Patrycja Dzwonkowska<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d791ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d791ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hamza Lakhal was born in El Aai\u00fan, capital of Western Sahara, in 1983. His recent poetry was written primarily in 2020 upon the outbreak of war. Much of it engages with the failed UN diplomatic process. Lakhal&#8217;s first (2013) book-length collection, <em>A Destiny in Windblown Poetry<\/em>, is available for purchase from its publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.editions-harmattan.fr\/livre-un_destin_sous_la_merci_du_poeme_hamza_lakhal-9782336301709-41207.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;Harmattan<\/a>. He writes in Modern Standard Arabic.<\/p><ul><li>Listen to Hamza reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599009-1.wav\">The Free World<\/a>\u00a0in Arabic (recorded 11\/11\/22, Nouakchott).\u00a0<\/li><li>Listen to Hamza reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599012.wav\">MINURSO<\/a>\u00a0in Arabic (recorded 11\/11\/22, Nouakchott).<\/li><li>Listen to Hamza reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599013.wav\">Outcry!<\/a> in Arabic (recorded 11\/11\/22, Nouakchott).<\/li><li>Listen to an <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/hamza-biography-interviewwav\">Interview with Hamza Lakhal <\/a>in English about his life and influences (recorded 14\/11\/22, Nouakchott):<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6c588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2f6c588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1399320115&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\" title=\"Joanna.allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna.allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/hamza-biography-interviewwav\" title=\"Hamza Lakhal Interview.WAV\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Hamza Lakhal Interview.WAV<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf1878b elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf1878b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb7eb98\" data-id=\"fb7eb98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc3bf19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc3bf19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Limam Boisha<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe2da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fe2da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1387\" height=\"1548\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Limam.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Limam.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Limam-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Limam-917x1024.jpg 917w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Limam-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Limam-1376x1536.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9f601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb9f601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Limam Boisha is a Saharawi born in northeast Mauritania in the early 1970s. As well as featuring in several anthologies of Friendship Generation poetry and short stories, Boisha has published collections of his own, including <\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The Verses of the Wood<\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> (Puentepalo: 2004) and <\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Rites of the Tent<\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> (Bubisher: 2012). His latest collection, <\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The Rain Already Fell<\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">, will be published by Kalandraka in 2023. Boisha writes in Spanish.<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Listen to Limam recite his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599025.wav\">The Journey<\/a>\u00a0in Spanish (recorded 28\/12\/22, Madrid).<\/li><li>Listen to Limam recite his poem\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599026.wav\">I have learnt the way<\/a> in Spanish (recorded 28\/12\/22, Madrid).<\/li><li>Listen to Limam recite his poem\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599030.wav\">Thanks<\/a> in Spanish (recorded 28\/12\/22, Madrid).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/limam-boisha-life-summary-interviewwav?si=9a62003d65ce419191adf984b9396819&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Interview with Limam Boisha<\/a> discussing his life history and why he writes in Spanish (recorded 28\/12\/22, Madrid) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Limam-Boisha_EN-1.docx\">read the transcript in English<\/a>:<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-133da39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"133da39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1427724589&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\" title=\"Joanna.allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna.allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/limam-boisha-life-summary-interviewwav\" title=\"Limam Boisha Life Summary Interview.WAV\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Limam Boisha Life Summary Interview.WAV<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a38f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23a38f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bahia Mahmoud Awah<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac9cdf4 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac9cdf4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db37d4\" data-id=\"1db37d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f832a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f832a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Bahia.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-372\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2704edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2704edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anthropologist and poet Bahia Mahmoud Awah was born on a spring day in Tiris (Western Sahara) in 1960. He is part of the Friendship Generation of Saharawi writers and works in Hassaniya and Spanish. Mahmoud Awah has published several collections of poetry and short story volumes, as well as books on the cultural heritage of Western Sahara (most recently <em style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Tiris: Literary Routes<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">, [\u00daltima L\u00ednea, <\/span>2016]<em style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">)<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> and memoirs. For more information on his numerous book-length works, visit\u00a0 <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahiaawah.net\/libros\/\">Mahmoud Awah&#8217;s personal webpage<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Listen to Bahia reciting his poem (in Spanish)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599041.wav\">My Reason for Being<\/a>\u00a0(recorded 31\/12\/22, Madrid).\u00a0<\/li><li>Listen to Bahia reciting (in Spanish) his poem\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599044.wav\">Africa Flight California BA279<\/a>\u00a0(recorded 31\/12\/22, Madrid).<\/li><li>Listen to Bahia reciting (in Spanish) his poem\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599045.wav\">Six Degrees Below Zero<\/a>\u00a0(recorded 31\/12\/22, Madrid).\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/bahia-awah-life-summary-interviewwav\">Bahia talking about his life and work<\/a>, including the three poems listed above (recorded 31\/12\/22, Madrid), and read the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Life-Summary_Bahia-Awah_EnglishTranslation.13.3.23.docx\">Transcription<\/a> in English:\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d24e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"52d24e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1428568690&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\" title=\"Joanna.allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna.allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/bahia-awah-life-summary-interviewwav\" title=\"Bahia Awah Life Summary Interview.WAV\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Bahia Awah Life Summary Interview.WAV<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490417f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"490417f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zahra el Hasnaoui Ahmed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-87ba8a3 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87ba8a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b5b9f4\" data-id=\"0b5b9f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d2193 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5d2193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ZAHRA.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-373\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81a75e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c81a75e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Born in 1963\u00a0 in El Aaiun, Western Sahara, Zahra el Hasnaoui Ahmed is a founding member of the Friendship Generation. Her poetry and short stories are published in several anthologies in Spain, the UK and the USA, as well as in her single-authored poetry\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">collection <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The Silence of the Clouds<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> (Extravertida Editorial, 2017).<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Listen to Zahra recite her poem (in Spanish) <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599034.wav\">The Silence of the Clouds<\/a>\u00a0(recorded 29\/12\/22), Guadalajara).<\/li><li>Listen to Zahra reciting (in Spanish) her poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599035.wav\">Night<\/a>\u00a0(recorded 29\/12\/22), Guadalajara).<\/li><li>Listen to Zahra reciting (in Spanish) her poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599037.wav\">A Flower<\/a>\u00a0(recorded 29\/12\/22), Guadalajara).<\/li><li><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Listen to Zahra\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/zahra-el-hasnaoui-ahmed-life-summary-interviewwav\">talk about her work and the three poems listed above<\/a> (recorded 29\/12\/22), Guadalajara) and read the <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zahra-el-Hasnaoui_EN.docx\">transcription<\/a> in English:<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bbb75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"24bbb75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1431439387&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\" title=\"Joanna.allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna.allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/zahra-el-hasnaoui-ahmed-life-summary-interviewwav\" title=\"Zahra El Hasnaoui Ahmed Life Summary Interview.WAV\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Zahra El Hasnaoui Ahmed Life Summary Interview.WAV<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee9d5e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee9d5e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Larosi Haidar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2c1897 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2c1897\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44f27ae\" data-id=\"44f27ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a851304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a851304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1075\" height=\"1045\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Larosi_Haidar.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Larosi_Haidar.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Larosi_Haidar-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Larosi_Haidar-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Larosi_Haidar-768x747.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84c366b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84c366b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Larosi Haidar was born in 1962 in El Aai\u00fan, Western Sahara (or Spanish Sahara as it was known then). As well as contributing his poetry and short stories to anthologies of the Friendship Generation, Haidar has published a book-length translation of Saharawi folktales (Ediciones Idea, 2013) and, as an academic, has published very widely on translating the Saharawi oral tradition, short stories, folktales and proverbs in leading journals in his field of translation and interpretation.<\/p><ul><li>Listen to Larosi reading his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WTM-2599049.wav\">Friendship<\/a> (in Spanish, recorded 4\/1\/23, Granada)<\/li><li>Listen to Larosi reciting his poem\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WTM-2599052.wav\">Don&#8217;t Laugh<\/a> (in Spanish, recorded 4\/1\/23, Granada).<\/li><li>Listen to Larosi reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WTM-2599053.wav\">Defector<\/a> (in Spanish, recorded 4\/1\/23, Granada).<\/li><li>Listen to Larosi <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/life-history-larosi-haidarwav\">discuss his life and works<\/a> (in Spanish, recorded 4\/1\/23, Granada). Read a <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Life-Summary_Larosi-Haidar_EnglishTranslation.docx\">transcription<\/a>\u00a0of this discussion in English.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0ee13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ad0ee13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1433764729&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\" title=\"Joanna.allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna.allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/life-history-larosi-haidarwav\" title=\"Life history Larosi Haidar.WAV\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Life history Larosi Haidar.WAV<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0235c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef0235c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Malainin Lakhal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd2ce8b elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd2ce8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-339a60e\" data-id=\"339a60e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-202d015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"202d015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mel.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-910\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mel.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mel-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mel-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca6e337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca6e337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ambassador Malainin Lakhal was born in 1971 in El Aai\u00fan, Western Sahara. A leader of the 1999 Intifada in favour of Saharawi human rights, Ambassador Lakhal was twice forcibly disappeared by Moroccan authorities.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">His first poetry collection, <\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Epic March <\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">(2013), as well as a volume of his analyses of the Western Sahara conflict titled <\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Prelude to the End of the Moroccan Occupation<\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> (2018), are both available on the page of their publisher\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editions-harmattan.fr\/livre-marche_epique_malainin_lakhal-9782336301679-41206.html\">L&#8217;Harmattan<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Listen to Malainin reading his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WTM-2599085.wav\">We give colour to this space<\/a>\u00a0(in Arabic, recorded 26\/2\/23, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/span><\/li><li>Listen to Malainin reading his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WTM-2599087.wav\">I remember Leila<\/a>\u00a0(in Arabic, recorded 26\/2\/23, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Malainin reading his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WTM-2599088.wav\">A short encounter on a strange beach<\/a> (in Arabic, recorded 26\/2\/23, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Malainin briefly discussing his <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WTM-2599090.wav\">life and poetic influences<\/a> (in English, recorded 26\/2\/23, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cce93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"70cce93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1474811017&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\" title=\"Joanna.allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna.allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-309019683\/malainin_lakhal_brief_life_historywav\" title=\"Malainin_Lakhal_brief_life_history.WAV\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Malainin_Lakhal_brief_life_history.WAV<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4c169d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4c169d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Khadijattu A'layyat Asuelm<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-384fe49 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"384fe49\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fdf7e6\" data-id=\"6fdf7e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff0b6d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff0b6d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khadijattou.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-972\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khadijattou.jpg 765w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khadijattou-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b93dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78b93dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born in occupied Western Sahara in 1973, Khadijattu A&#8217;layyat Asuelm was forced to flee (due to Moroccan state violence in retribution for her nationalist poetry) on foot to the Saharawi refugee camps in 1999. She is one of the Saharawi Republic&#8217;s revolutionary poets, regularly performing at national events. She writes in Hassaniya.<\/p><ul style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to Khadijattu reciting her poem\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WTM-2599058.wav\">Martyr<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to Khadijattu reciting her poem\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WTM-2599060.wav\">Sultana Khaya<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to Khadijattu reciting her poem\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WTM-2599061.wav\">Gdeim Izik<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to Khadijattu reciting her poem\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WTM-2599065.wav\">No to Autonomy<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to Khadijattu\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WTM-2599066.wav\">performing at a festival<\/a>\u00a0in Boujdour camp (23 February 2023) in preparation for the national anniversary of the declaration of the Saharawi Republic (declared 27 February 1976).\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Listen to Khadijattu\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-446178123\/khadijatou-life-history?si=b1637d48148840fb887fcaef3503632b&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">discussing her life and work<\/a>\u00a0 as well as reciting more poetry (in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Khadijatou-life-history-for-website-only.docx\">read the transcript in English<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a35a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"15a35a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1511723566&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-446178123\" title=\"Joanna Allan\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Joanna Allan<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/joanna-allan-446178123\/khadijatou-life-history\" title=\"Khadijatou Life History\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Khadijatou Life History<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e56ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0e56ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Abdelrahman Ali Sa\u2019d Bouh <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a39f303 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a39f303\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-be686c9\" data-id=\"be686c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e6294a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e6294a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Abdelrahman.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1090\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Abdelrahman.jpg 765w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Abdelrahman-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d923a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33d923a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Abdelrahman Ali Sa&#8217;d Bouh was born in Aai\u00fan camp, Algeria in 1997. He spent his childhood in the camps, but moved to Algiers to attend high school. Ali Sa&#8217;d Bouh returned to the camps to care for his elderly grandmother in 2013, which coincided with his initiation in poetry. He now regularly performs his works at national events in the camps.<\/p><ul><li>Listen to Abdelrahman reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599067.wav\">Through National Unity<\/a>\u00a0 (in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Abdelrahman reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599068.wav\">No Peace with the Occupation<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Abdelrahman reciting his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599070.wav\">With the Liberation Army<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Abdelrahman reading his short story in verse <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599071.wav\">A Joyful Week<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria).<\/li><li>Listen to Abdelrahman briefly discussing his <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Abdelrahman-life-history.mp3\">life and works<\/a><p>(in Hassaniya, recorded 23 February 2023, Aai\u00fan camp, Saharawi state-in-exile in Algeria) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Abd-E-Rahmans-Life-History-1.docx\">read the transcript in English.<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b02fa4a elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b02fa4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d76d44\" data-id=\"3d76d44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a97241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a97241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maddi Lehbib<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b01499 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b01499\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd263ce\" data-id=\"cd263ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8efdae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8efdae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maddi-Lehbib.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1190\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maddi-Lehbib.jpg 765w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maddi-Lehbib-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb8edb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb8edb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maddi Lehbib, born in 1967, is a Saharawi singer and resident of the Saharawi refugee camps.\u00a0 As a child, he sung for family and friends, then honed his craft until he was ready to perform for large audiences. Now, he performs regularly at national events and on Saharawi television and radio. Although Lehbib identifies primarily as a singer, he also pens poetry, plays and monologues.<\/p><ul><li>Listen to Maddi reciting a series of his quatrains entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599095.wav\">My Longing for my Homeland has Lasted Long Enough<\/a> (in Hassaniya, recorded 27 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Maddi singing <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599096.wav\">My Longing for My Homeland has Lasted Long Enough<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 27 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Maddi singing the popular song\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599097.wav\">In the Name of Allah<\/a>, written by Najem Allal.\u00a0<\/li><li>Listen to Maddi talking about his work and the role of the arts in the Saharawi revolution, as well as reciting an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599098.wav\">improvised dialogue<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 27 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile) and\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maddi-Lehbibs-biography.docx\">read the transcript in English<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c321ee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c321ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mohammed Ghali Daha<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c627204 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c627204\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-30f2a27\" data-id=\"30f2a27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d87e37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d87e37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1182\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ghali.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ghali.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ghali-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ghali-946x1024.jpg 946w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ghali-768x832.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-035fc8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"035fc8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohammed Ghali Daha was born in 1970, El Aai\u00fan, Western Sahara (&#8216;Spanish Sahara&#8217; at the time). Upon the Moroccan invasion, he fled to the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria, but completed his primary education in Libya. After serving in the Saharawi army until 1991, Mohammed Ghali completed his university studies. His principal interest is theatre, and he incorporates poetry into his plays.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Listen to Mohammed reciting the short story in verse <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599080.wav\">The Desert Logbook<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 25 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Mohammed reciting the poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599081.wav\">Takeiber Mountain<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 25 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Mohammed reciting the poem <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: var(--ast-global-color-1); outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599082.wav\">We Had Already Decided<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 25 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Mohammed talking about <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599084.wav\">his life and work<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 25 February 2023, Boujdour camp, Saharawi state-in-exile) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Life-history-of-Mohammed-Ghali-Daha.docx\">read the transcript in English<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1247f98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1247f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mohammed Lamin Mohammed Elmehdi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcbe350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcbe350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-Lamin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1230\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-Lamin.jpg 765w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-Lamin-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52c689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b52c689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohammed Lamin Mohammed Elmehdi was born in 1959 in El Aai\u00fan. His father taught him Arabic grammar in the desert, after which Mohammed attended a Spanish school. It was as a school student that Mohammed became a poetry enthusiast &#8211; specifically, he loved to listen to Bashir Ali (see below) recite his works in the streets of <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">El Aai\u00fan.<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> At the time of the Moroccan invasion, he joined the Saharawi Liberation Army. His first operation was in Nouakchott, alongside the late founder of the Polisario El Wali Mustapha Said. Mauritanian forces captured and imprisoned Mohammed, and he composed his first verses of poetry behind bars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Listen to Mohammed recite his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599075.wav\">The Republic&#8217;s Proclamation<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 24 February 2023, Smara camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Mohammed recite his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599076.wav\">The Army<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 24 February 2023, Smara camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Mohammed recite his poem <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599077.wav\">National Unity<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 24 February 2023, Smara camp, Saharawi state-in-exile).<\/li><li>Listen to Mohammed talk about his <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WTM-2599078.wav\">life and work<\/a>\u00a0(in Hassaniya, recorded 24 February 2023, Smara camp, Saharawi state-in-exile) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elmehdi-life-history.docx\">read the transcript in English<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Poets Image by Bartek Sabela Poets, their work and their biographies The recordings that feature below were made between November 2022 and February 2023. Those carried out in Spain were made by Joanna Allan (Northumbria University). Those carried out in Mauritania were made together by Hamza Lakhal and Joanna Allan.&nbsp; Those carried out in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":550,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/westernsaharapoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}