Sahrawi or Saharawi (also transliterated into Spanish as or French as ), is an Arabic term meaning 'from the Sahara', or more specifically the

Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...

. It can also mean 'from the desert' in general. Sahrawi may also refer to:

People

*the

Sahrawi people The Sahrawi, or Saharawi people ( ar, صحراويون '; es, Saharaui), are an ethnic group and nation native to the western part of the Sahara desert, which includes the Western Sahara, southern Morocco, much of Mauritania, and along the s ...

, a Hassaniya-speaking ethnic group in the Maghreb region of Africa **the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, the state of the Sahrawi people ***holders of

Sahrawi passport Sahrawi passports are passports issued to citizens of the Sahrawi Republic. They are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Interior, and launched by National Centre of Documents Production. Sahrawi passport booklets are valid for travel ...

s (see

Sahrawi nationality law Sahrawi nationality law (also romanized with Saharawi) is the law of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) governing nationality and citizenship. The SADR is a partially recognized state which claims sovereignty over the entire territory o ...

) ***

Women in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Women in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic are women who were born in, who live in, or are from the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR, also Romanization of Arabic, romanized with Saharawi) in the region of the Western Sahara or the Sahrawi ...

**residents of

, the

Tekna Zone Cape Juby (, trans. ''Raʾs Juby'', es, link=no, Cabo Juby) is a cape on the coast of southern Morocco, near the border with Western Sahara, directly east of the Canary Islands. Its surrounding area, including the cities of Tarfaya and Tan-T ...

or the Sahrawi refugee camps *persons from

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desert

Surname

Abdelbaki Sahraoui Abdelbaki Sahraoui ( ar, عبد الباقي صحرواي) was a co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in Algeria. He was born in 1910 in Constantine, Algeria. In 1926, he joined the circle of Sheikh Mubarak el-Mili. Five years later, ...

(1910–1995), Algerian imam *

Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohamed Sahraoui, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1 April 1961) is an Algerian raï musician, the first to tour North America and the first to incorporate electronic synthesizers into his arrangements. Early life As a pianist, he studied m ...

(born 1961), Algerian musician and rai singer *

Djamila Sahraoui Djamila Sahraoui (born 1950) is an Algerian filmmaker. Djamila Sahraoui was born in Algiers on 23 October 1950. She studied literature before attending the renowned Parisian film school IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques), sp ...

(born 1950), Algerian filmmaker *

Samira Sahraoui Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah /sæˈmiːrə/, ar, سميرة is an Arabic female given name. It is derived from the root s-m-r ('to spend the night in talking'), ultimately meaning ''night-companion'', ''entertaining compani ...

, Algerian actress *

Nabil Sahraoui Nabil Sahraoui (26 September 1969 – 20 June 2004), alias Mustapha Abou Ibrahim, was an Algerian Islamist militant, and the head of the radical ''Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat'' (GSPC, later renamed Al-Qaeda Organization i ...

(1969–2004), Algerian militant *

Youcef Sahraoui Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...

, director of cinematographic photography in Algeria * Saâd Sahraoui (born 1985), Algerian professional football player *

Marouane Sahraoui Marouane Sahraoui ( ar, مروان الصحراوي; born 9 January 1996) is a French-born Tunisian football player who plays for Ismaily SC. He also holds French citizenship. Club career He made his professional debut in the Belgian First Divi ...

(born 1996), French-born Tunisian football player *

Mohammed Sahraoui Mohammed Sahraoui (born 23 February 1978) is a Tunisian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the ...

(born 1978), Tunisian boxer *

Mourad Sahraoui Mourad Sahraoui ( ar, مراد الصحراوي) (born January 12, 1983) is an amateur boxer from Tunisia best known to win Gold in the heavyweight division at the 2007 All-African Games. Career Sahraoui failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Game ...

(born 1983), Tunisian boxer *

Osame Sahraoui Osame Sahraoui (born 11 June 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Vålerenga. Club career Growing up in Hauketo IF, he joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014. Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he ma ...

, (born 2001), Norwegian football player {{disambig, surname Arabic-language surnames Language and nationality disambiguation pages