Sahrawi singer Mariem Hassan, died at the age of 57 ,Saturday morning, after a niggling struggle with cancer.

Mariem was buried in the cemetery of Smara. Her funeral was attended by the Prime Minister Mr. Abd-el-Kader Taleb Omar, in addition to civil and military cadres and artists.

She was a singer with a noble message, through which she struggled to spread the voice of the Sahrawi people who struggle for freedom and independence.

Mariem Hassan was born in 1958 in the Ued Tazua, 20 km. away from occupied Smara. In early 1976 she joined the musical group Shahid El Hafed Buyema, which. She travelled with the band to many countries, playing at cultural events, and recorded a few albums on different countries (Holland in 1980 [unreleased], France in 1989), with the help of local solidarity committees. The most known of those albums was "Polisario vencerá", recorded in Spain in 1982.

She was the subject of a 2007 documentary film, "Mariem Hassan, la voz del Sáhara".