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. It can also mean 'from the desert' in general.
Sahrawi may also refer to:
People
*the
Sahrawi people, 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 ...
)
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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
Western Sahara, 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
the Sahara
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desert
Surname
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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
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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
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Djamila Sahraoui (born 1950), Algerian filmmaker
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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
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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
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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
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Saâd Sahraoui (born 1985), Algerian professional football player
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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
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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
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Mourad Sahraoui (born 1983), Tunisian boxer
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Osame Sahraoui, (born 2001), Norwegian football player
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