Ahmed Mulay Ali Hamadi ( ar, مولاي أحمد علي حمادي; born 1954) is a Sahrawi diplomat and writer. He is Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (; SADR; also romanized with Saharawi; ar, الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية ' es, República Árabe Saharaui Democrática), also known as Western Sahara, is a ...

. He was Sahrawi ambassador to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, with a base in

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, between 2004 and 2020. He is a

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by the

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, and a member of the Mexican Academy of International Law. Apart from his diplomatic career, Mulay Ali is also a writer in Spanish language, with books published in Mexico.

Personal life

Mulay Ali was born in 1954 in Hagunia, a town near

El Aaiun Laâyoune ( , also , ) or El Aaiún ( , ; Hassaniya Arabic: , romanized: ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; ar, label=Modern Standard Arabic, Literary Arabic, العيون, al-ʿUyūn/el-ʿUyūn, lit=The Spring (hydrology), Springs) is the la ...

, the capital of the territory. In 1976, he was among the

Polisario Front The Polisario Front, Frente Polisario, Frelisario or simply Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro), (in ar, rtl=yes, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير الس� ...

militants helping the Sahrawi civilians who were fleeing from the cities occupied by Morocco. In 1997, he was an observer of the identification process in

for the planned self-determination referendum, and saw his mother and daughter for the first time since 1976.

Diplomatic postings

From 2001 to 2004, he was the POLISARIO Delegate in

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, Spain. In August 2004, he was designated as Sahrawi resident ambassador in the United Mexican States, replacing Bachari Saleh.

Books

In 2006 the editorial Sky published his novel "''Viaje a la Sabiduría del Desierto''" ("''Journey to the Wisdom of the Desert''"). In 2008, the short story "''El Silencioso Debate de los Animales''" ("''The Animals Silent Debate''") was published by Libros de Godot. In 2011, he self-published in Bubok the novel "''Los Senderos de la Vida''" ("''The Paths of Life''").Los senderos de la vida
Bubok

References

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