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Sahrawi Realities: Space, Architecture, and Mobility of Displacement (Part 1)

5/29/2014

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Sahrawi artist, Moulud Yeslem, plants flowers in front of the berm as part of his "For Every Mine a Flower" project. Image by author.

We are directing people's attention to an  article by Samia Errazzouki, a Moroccan-American writer and researcher. She recounts her experiences going to what the Western Sahrawis refer to as the Wall of Shame - a militarized sand berm built  and guarded by the Moroccan military - during her visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps to attend the FiSahara, an international film festival. The sand wall is approximately 2,700 km long and is heavily mined. Thanks to Sandblast for sharing Part 1 of Errazzouki's story which can be found at Jadaliyya, an independent ezine produced by ASI (Arab Studies Institute), the umbrella organization that produces Arab Studies Journal, Tadween Publishing, FAMA, and Quilting Point..



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Paul OGarra link
1/13/2018 01:53:22 pm

MY book Malak soon to be published deals with the wall and with western aggression. I need fotos of the lines of paper flowers and of the Berm and written permission to use in my book. If you can help ot will be grand.

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Cindy M Maguire
1/14/2018 11:15:28 am

Hello Paul, can you forward your contact details and a brief description of your work to our email address? [email protected] We will see what we can do to assist you. Best, Cindy

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Paul OGarra
12/19/2018 05:49:58 pm

I have just finished my book Malak. In the new year will be strongly published all over uk,us,canada , australia,europe,india,spain(in spanish) and south America. I think you guys will like it I still need photos of flowers they figure strongly in my book. cheers Paul OGarra

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Paul OGarra link
3/23/2019 09:25:09 am

Here is my book, Malak Desert child.
Go into smashwords find and buy the book and pay with this coupon code.WG39C.The main action takes place in and around the Sahara and the Berm.
sorry for delay..bye Paul

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Cindy Maguire
3/23/2019 09:58:59 am

Thanks Paul.

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