Some selected quotes:  El-Ouali image appears on 2 Gold coins of 40000 Sahrawi Pesetas of Western Sahara minted in 1997. One coin weights 15.5 Grams, purity 900 out of 1000, Mintage: 90 Pieces, the other coin weights 15.52 Grams, purity 999 out of 1000, Mintage: 10 Pieces has a Proof quality. Both coins depict El-Ouali alongside of Simon Bolivar and were minted to commemorate 15 years of friendship between Western Sahara and Venezuela. The Sahrawi traditional music group ""Shahid El Hafed Buyema"" changed their name to ""Shahid El Uali"" shortly afterwards his death in combat. El-Ouali is revered as a Father of the Nation by the Sahrawi refugee population, and there is a simple stone memorial built to his honour in the desert. The day of his death, 9 June, has been declared "The Day of the Martyrs", a holiday of the republic that honors all Sahrawi victims in the war for independence. In Mauritania, the 9 June was declared by Mokhtar Ould Daddah the day of the Mauritanian armed forces.