What is Mariem Hassan?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Mariem Hassan<br />مريم حسن | image = Mariem Hassan.jpg | caption = Mariem Hassan performing in [[WOMAD]] 2008 ([[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], 7 November 2008) | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = ''Voice of the Sahara'' | birth_date = 1958 | birth_place = Ued Tazua, [[Smara]], [[Spanish Sahara]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|8|22|1958|df=y}} | death_place=Tindouf, Algeria | instrument = Vocalist | genre = [[Blues music]], [[folk music]], [[traditional music|roots music]] | occupation = Musician, songwriter | years_active = 1976–2015 | label = [[Nubenegra]] | associated_acts = Shahid El Uali, Leyoad, [[Nayim Alal]] | website = {{URL|mariemhassan.com/}} | notable_instruments = }} '''Mariem Hassan''' ({{lang-ar|مريم حسن}}&lrm;; 1958&nbsp;– 22 August 2015), was a [[Sahrawi people|Sahrawi]] singer and lyricist from [[Western Sahara]]. She usually sang in [[Hassaniyya]], an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] dialect spoken mostly in Western Sahara and [[Mauritania]]. Hassan died of [[bone cancer]] in a [[Sahrawi refugee camps|Sahrawi refugee camp]] in [[Tindouf Province|Tindouf]], Algeria on 22 August 2015. ==Other websites== * [http://www.nubenegra.com/artistas/index_ampli.php3?id=36 Bio of Mariem Hassan on her label website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418045504/http://www.nubenegra.com/artistas/index_ampli.php3?id=36 |date=2015-04-18 }} * [https://www.myspace.com/saharafree Mariem Hassan MySpace] * [http://www.cdroots.com/mariemhassan.shtml Bio of Mariem Hassan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307134620/http://www.cdroots.com/mariemhassan.shtml |date=2014-03-07 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Mariem}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from bone cancer]] [[Category:Singers]] {{bio-stub}}